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Luther circulated his 95 Theses, which were posted on the door of the Wittenberg Castle church.
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Luther refused to take back his attack, Pope Leo X issued a statement outlining the church's doctrine on indulgences, and condemning Luther's ideas.
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Luther wrote to Pope Leo X, stating that it was not his intention to question the authority of the Pope or the church.
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Luther had the support of many of the German people. Pope Leo X gave him 60 days to recant or face excommunication.
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Luther was excommunicated, and summoned to the city of Worms to appear before a hearing of which he still refused to take back his attack on the church.
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The next two years saw Luther preaching throughout central Germany.
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Luther was banished by the church and the emperor, but by this time he had great popular support. Luther left his religious order and married, continuing his writing.
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Many German princes and cities signed a document called the Augsburg confession as an expression of the new Protestant faith.