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church, and he was going to recant. (Smith 56) It never got to the pope or something happen. In 1520 Luther begins an intensive period of polemic writings. He begins to use them in debates at Wittenberg and at other cities. It caused an investigation by Roman Curia that led to the condemnation in June 15, 1520 because his teachings and then excommunication on January 1521. ( Ritter 93-96) Because He burned the condemnatio publicly. Also because of a book he wrote called Freedom of the Christian Man, not really the book but the letter to the pope at the end of the book. He apologized to the Pope but denounce what he sees as false doctrine and corruption.(Ritter 100-101) In 1521, April 17 the first hearing of the Diet of Worms began. An official of Trier points to table of books and asks Luther if he is willing to recant. Luther sees that some of the books are his writings on Sripture. These he is unwilling to recant. He asked for a recess.(Smith 104-112 ) April 18 during the second hearing of the Diet, Luther says, “Unless I am convicted by Scripture and plain reason I do not accept the authority of popes and councils, for they have contradicted each other My conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and I will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. God help me”(Smith 104-112) April 25 Diet of Worms is Dismissed, and he was hidden away in a castle in Wartburg where he continued to develop his new church. Under protection of Elector Frederick III of Saxony, Luther translated the New Testament from Greek into German and began a translation of the entire Bible. ( Smith 126) Disorders in Wittenberg caused by some more extreme followers forced his return to the city in March 1521, and he restored peace through a series of sermons. His opposition to the Peasants’ War (1524-25) cost him some popular support. Nevertheless, through his forceful writings and preaching, his doctrines spread( Smith 166)

Martin Luther stands in history as one of those unique forces, an individual who by

force of will and by his ideas changed the world fundamentally. What had started as a furious attempt to reform the church overnight turned into a project of building a new church independent of the Catholic church. Nevertheless, this small work, “The Freedom of the Christian,” is the theological and ideological core of Luther’s thinking; the fundamental term of value, that center around which every other aspect of his thought rotates, is the concept of Freiheit, “freedom,” or “liberty.” ( Reu65)This is not our concept of freedom, but in the eventual turn of time it will give rise to the notion of “individual freedom,” and later “political freedom,” and later “economic freedom.” Most of the European Enlightenment revolves around freedom and the project of “liberating” people, Westerners still participate in this Enlightenment project today. This idea of “liberating” people, so common to the international politics of our own period, comes out of Luther’s idea of “freedom.” He was a good man, and strong belief that are still with us