Luther was excommunicated after the Church demand that he rescind 41 of his 95 theses, Decet Romanum Pontificem. There was no other sentence passed upon him.
That Luther died of old age, fat and rich, belies the modern Protestant storyline that the Church was an omnipotent Machiavellian syndicate with KGB like hit squads.
That Luther died of old age, fat and rich, belies the modern Protestant storyline that the Church was an omnipotent Machiavellian syndicate with KGB like hit squads.
The only thing it belies is the fake omnipotence angle. All else was true of the Catholic corruption at the time. The secular power of the CC was broken and had to be broken for the sickness that had invaded it. Because it couldn't remain faithful the world suffered.