<Li> He had also challenged the authority of the Church by maintaining that all doctrines and dogmata of the Church not found in Scripture should be discarded (sola scriptura). </Li> <P> To protect the authority of the Pope and the Church, as well as to maintain the doctrine of indulgences, ecclesiastical officials convinced Charles V that Luther was a threat and persuaded him to authorize his condemnation by the Holy Roman Empire . Luther escaped arrest and remained in seclusion at Wartburg castle for several months where he continued to write and translate the New Testament into German . </P> <P> Despite the agreement that he could return home safely, it was privately understood that Luther would soon be arrested and punished . To protect him from this fate, Prince Frederick seized him on his way home and hid him in Wartburg Castle . It was during his time in Wartburg that Luther began his German translation of the Bible . Martin Luther's powerful testimony of faith at the Diet of Worms in 1521 made an indelible impression upon the mind of George, Margrave of Brandenburg - Ansbach, who turned his eyes to the new faith earlier than any other German prince or any other member of the House of Hohenzollern . Moreover, Luther entered into correspondence with him, discussing with him the most important problems of faith . The edict was temporarily suspended at the Diet of Speyer 1526 but then reinstated in 1529 . </P> <P> When Luther eventually emerged from the Wartburg, the emperor, distracted with other matters, did not press for Luther's arrest . Ultimately, because of rising public support for Luther among the German people and the protection of certain German princes, the Edict of Worms was never enforced in Germany . However, in the Low Countries (comprising modern - day Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands), the Edict was initially enforced against Luther's most active supporters . This could be done because these countries were under the direct rule of Emperor Charles V and his appointed regent, Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (and Charles's aunt). In December 1521, Jacob Probst, prior of the Augustinian monastery in Antwerp, was the first Luther - supporting cleric to be arrested and prosecuted under the terms of the Worms Edict . In February 1522, Probst was compelled to make public recantation and repudiation of Luther's teachings . Later that year, additional arrests were made among the Augustinians in Antwerp . Two monks, Johann Esch and Heinrich Voes, refused to recant; on 1 July 1523, they were burned at the stake in Brussels . </P>

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