Against the Execrable Bull of the AntiChrist

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Against the Execrable Bull of the Antichrist was a tract written by Martin Luther in response to the papal bull Exsurge Domine. This bull, issued by Pope Leo X in 1520, condemned 41 of Luther's teachings as heretical. Luther defiantly burned a copy of the bull, along with canon law, in protest. This act led to his formal excommunication on January 3, 1521. The tract itself was a belligerent counter to the papal condemnation, asserting Luther's stance against the authority of the pope and councils, emphasizing Scripture and reason as the basis for truth.123

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Excommunication
…belligerently in a tract titled Against the Execrable Bull of the Antichrist. Upon the expiration of the 60-day period stipulated in the bull, on December 10, 1520, Luther cancelled his classes, marched to a bonfire started by his students outside one of the city gates, and threw a copy of…
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…belligerently in a tract titled Against the Execrable Bull of the Antichrist. Upon the expiration of the 60-day period stipulated in the bull, on December 10, 1520, Luther cancelled his classes, marched to a bonfire started by his students outside one of the city gates, and threw a copy of…
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