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Luther stands out as the defender of his understanding of the Christian faith in this volume. What he had said and written was attacked by leaders of the Roman Church and the Holy Roman Empire. Though friends and enemies sought to deflect him from his purpose, he remained steadfast so that what took place at the Diet of Worms has a become a watershed in the history of Christendom.

do not demand this interpretation, or if they do, they must be denied. Our opponents, having injected their own views into the words of the fathers, rush forward as [would] an ass under the pelt of a lion. These deceitful workers manufacture principal articles of faith for us, not from the opinions of the fathers, but from their own, which they impose on what the fathers say. THE THIRD THESIS: It is not necessary to confess all mortal sins to the priests. Latomus says that this was condemned by a
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