... who could sell indulgences for nearly everything, including sins one was yet to commit. Can you imagine a better life insurance?! Tetzel, afraid of his buisness being ruined, threatened to have Luther burnt at the stake. The Papal court also reacted drastically, and in1518 an inquisition had begun, ... from the church at the Diet of Worms. He was forced to hide from the public for months in the castle of Wartburg, for fear of being murdered. Whilst he was hiding, he translated the New Testament into German, beginning the Early Modern period of German literature. Luther spent the next ......

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