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I cannot renounce all of my works
because they are not all the same.
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First are those books in which
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I have described Christian faith
and life so simply that
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even my opponents have admitted
that these works are useful.
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To renounce these writings
would be unthinkable,
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for that would be to renounce
accepted Christian truths.
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He is not here
to make speeches,
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only to answer.
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The second group of my work
is directed against the foul doctrine
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and evil living of the Popes,
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past and present.
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- No:
- Yes:
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Through the laws of the Pope
and the doctrines of men,
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the consciences of the faithful have
been miserably vexed and flayed.
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If I recant these books...
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I will do nothing
but add strength to tyranny
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and open not just the windows
but also the doors
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to this great ungodliness.
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He has condemned himself.
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In the third group,
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I have written against
private persons and individuals
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who uphold Roman tyranny
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and have attacked my own efforts
to encourage piety to Christ.
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I confess...
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that I have
written too harshly.
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I am but a man and I can err.
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Only let my errors
be proven by Scripture...
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and I will revoke my work
and throw my books into the fire.
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You have not
answered the question.
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You, Martin Luther,
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will not draw into doubt
those things
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which the Catholic church
has judged already,
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things that have passed into usage,