Luther Page #5

by Pope Leo himself,

and sent to just one

favored prince

in recognition

of heroic loyalty and devotion

to Christ's holy church.

Spalatin, I'm sorry

for keeping you so late,

but this is a matter

of some urgency.

First of all,

give Miltitz 600 ducats

as an expression of our gratitude.

My lord, the rose

is hardly worth so much.

Oh, I know that.

And then tell them that

we will not deliver Luther to Rome.

And get that...

that rose...

Put it among the relics,

and while you're about it,

move all the relics out.

Move them to someplace

I don't even know where they are.

I don't want to know

where they are. I want...

Go on.

When I was a child,

I thought like a child,

I was a child,

I played like a child.

And now, thanks to the adults,

I've had to join

the world of adults.

And I am appalled...

by how easy they thought it was

to bribe me!

Armed horsemen!

Over there!

What is so important

that you interrupt us?

Prince Frederick of Saxony.

He refuses to surrender Luther

to you, Your Holiness.

Go! Go, go!

Arise, O Lord.

and judge thy cause.

A wild boar

has invaded thy vineyand.

We can no longer

suffer the serpent

to creep through

the field of the Lord.

The books of Martin Luther

are to be exammined and burned.

Anyone wlo presumes to infringe

oun excommmmunication

and anathemma

will stand under the wrath

of Almighty God

and the Apostles Peter

and Paul.

Amen.

You can burn his books,

but you can't burn his ideas!

Go back to Rome, you butchers!

Go burn your own books!

Go burn the Pope's books!

Papist devils!

Papist devils, leave us!

By order of His Holiness,

Pope Leo X...

the works of Martin Luther

shall be erased

from the memory of man!

Martin Luther speaks the truth!

Devils.

Here, Father!

Find someone else to do it!

He belongs to us!

This... is what Rome calls

a Papal Bull,

an edict from the Pope himself.

There's only one thing to do

with this blast of wind.

Yes! Feed the fire!

Feed the fire with canon law!

Feed the fire with every lie

ever written in Rome!

Come on, feed it!

Feed the flames!

Feed it!

That's right, feed the flames!

Feed the flames!

Feed them!

My Emperor.

My good uncle.

Allow me to extend

my congratulations on your elevation.

I've come to speak to you

about Martin Luther.

Our Holy Father has sent

his new cardinal to advise us.

Oh! You mean you've

traveled all the way from Rome

just in order to advise us

about this small matter?

Heresy is never

a small matter, my lord.

Your Highness, if I might

for a moment have your ear.

If your business is Martin Luther...

My business is Saxony, sir...

...and I wish a brief audience

with my Emperor.

Deliver Luther to Rome.

I cannot.

He's my subject. It's my duty to see

that he gets a fair hearing.

Aleander has given me his word

that the Inquisition will

give Luther a proper hearing.

The Rome Inquisition

does not give hearings, my lord.

It gives death sentences.

And the whole of Germany

prays that you will defend her.

The heretic must be tried.

Your blessed grandfather

Maximilian

told us that no German subject

would ever be condemned

without a fair trial

in his own country.

Then we shall hear him

in Germany.

In Worms.

Worms is still a very long way

from Wittenberg, my lord,

and the Pope himself has

put a bounty on Luther's head.

His spies are everywhere,

in defiance of my humble rule,

and therefore, sir,

in defiance of your greater rule.

Then I will ensure

Martin Luther's safe conduct

to a fair hearing.

I myself shall send you

an imperial guard to escort him.

On that you have my word.

Oh, yes.

Martin Luther is coming!

Bless us, Father!

Please bless us!

Help my family, please, Doctor!

Give us your blessing!

Don't kneel to me.

I'm no saint.

Bless me, Father!

Bless me, Father!

Father! Bless me, Father!

I thought

you had abandoned me.

I thought I was

alone again in this world.

Be still, Martin.

One slip, and you'll

save the Emperor a trial.

I'm here to serve you.

I jest because I'm so afraid.

Martin, I hoped

you'd help reform the church,

not destroy it.

With all its sins,

the church is still the church.

What is a child

without its family?

How would people fare

left to themselves,

helpless and frightened?

All my life, I have seen

a world that hates evil

more than it loves good.

I beg you

to look to the good, Martin.

You are tearing the world apart.

That day when you

sent me out so boldly

to change the world...

Did you really think

there wouldn't be a cost?

It is simply a matter

of individual conscience.

They'll burn him for sure.

Do you, Martin Luther,

recognize these books?

The 95 Theses. A Sermon

on Indulgence and Grace.

The Babylonian Captivity.

Freedom of a Christian.

Address to the Christian Nobility

of the German Nation?

Are you the author?

All are mine.

These books contain heresies

against our holy church.

Do you recant

what you've written?

I...

Please, God,

let him say the right thing.

I was...

Speak up.

May I have time to consider?

You have had the time,

and you should have been

prepared to answer.

I would like to answer

satisfactorily,

without injury

to the divine word

or danger to my soul.

Any one of us might be

expected to bear witness,

unequivocally and fearlessly

at any time.

All the more in your case,

a famous, experienced

professor of theology.

We grant you one day.

Tomorrow you shall answer.

Damn you, go back to hell!

Damn you,

damn you, damn you!

Damn you, go back to hell!

Shut up, shut up,

shut up!

Shut up! I feel

your foul breath on my neck!

Happy devil you are,

to see me mute!

Shaking... shaking

like an animal at the slaughter!

Oh, my, yes.

Well, where is his faith now?

Where's his faith now?

Where's his boasting now?

Where's his boasting.?

I am yours. Save me.

I am yours.

Save me.

I am yours.

Save me.

Speak well, Doctor.

Good luck, Martin.

Good luck.

Good luck, Martin.

God be with you.

I pray Thee do Thy will.

Order in the hall.

Order!

Order!

Martin Luther, are you

the author of these writings?

I am.

Do you recant

what you have written here?

I cannot renounce all of my works

because they are not all the same.

First are those books in which

I have described Christian faith

and life so simply that

even my opponents have admitted

that these works are useful.

To renounce these writings

would be unthinkable,

for that would be to renounce

accepted Christian truths.

He is not here

to make speeches,

only to answer.

The second group of my work

is directed against the foul doctrine

and evil living of the Popes,

past and present.

No!

Yes!

Through the laws of the Pope

and the doctrines of men,

the consciences of the faithful have

been miserably vexed and flayed.

If I recant these books...

I will do nothing

but add strength to tyranny

and open not just the windows

but also the doors

to this great ungodliness.

He has condemned himself.

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