Eck: “I ask you, Martin – to answer candidly . . . do you or do you not repudiate your books and the errors which they contain?”
Martin: “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 I will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise. God help me. Amen.”
(from Martin Luther's defense at the Diet of Worms, April 17, 1521)
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