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1. Martin Luther

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   Confrontation and Excommunication
   Luther’s refusal to recant his writings led to increasing friction with the Church hierarchy. Key confrontations included the Leipzig Debate (1519) against Johann Eck, where Luther moved toward challenging papal infallibility, and his subsequent burning of the papal bull Exsurge Domine in 1520, which had condemned his works.
   In 1521, Emperor Charles V summoned Luther to the Diet of Worms, a major assembly within the Holy Roman Empire. When commanded to ren…