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CLEP Western Civ I

Category - Renaissance and Reformation

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The result of the Diet of Worms was:
  1. Martin Luther was deemed an outlaw and enemy of the Holy Roman Empire, his literature was banned and the empire said that anyone who killed him would face no recourse.
  2. The participants in the Protestant Reformation were officially excommunicated from the Catholic Church.
  3. Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Catholic Church.
  4. The Church condemned the Peasants’ War in Germany.
  5. It reaffirmed the Church’s position on the doctrinal aspects against which the Reformers were preaching.
Explanation
Answer: A - The Edict of Worms (May 1521), which resulted from the Diet, deemed that Martin Luther was an outlaw and a danger to the Holy Roman Empire. The emperor ordered his arrest (which he escaped), decreed that helping Luther with shelter or food would be considered criminal, banned his literature and stated that anyone who killed Luther would not be considered guilty of a criminal act. (Luther was excommunicated from the Church through a papal bull in January of the same year. The Church addressed the doctrinal issues that were core to the Reformation at the Council of Trent.)
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