April 18th 1521 – Diet of Worms. This was an assembly presided over by the Holy Roman Empire that took place in the town of Worms. Martin Luther appeared before on this day to defend himself against charges of heresy. At the hearing he defended his “95 theses” and refused to recant his rebellious position. Luther had broken with the Catholic Church over its practice of selling indulgences, or payments for forgiveness of sins. One of Luther’s statements that day was: "Unless I am convicted by Scripture and plain reason—I do not accept the authority of popes and councils, for they have contradicted each other—my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe.” This was the beginning of the Protestant movement and a new religion was born.
A really long history of crap, sir. Well done