Leo threatened Luther with excommunication if he did not recant his 95 demands. Luther refused and was excommunicated.
Pope Leo X, who was pope from March 9, 1513, to December 1, 1521, excommunicated Luther.
The Pope during Martin Luther's posting of the Ninety-Five Theses was Pope Leo X.
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Pope Leo X
Pope Leo X was accused by Martin Luther of selling indulgences or allowing the sale of indulgences.
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Pope Leo X was accussed by Martin Luther of selling indulgences.
Pope Leo X ordered Luther to stop stirring up trouble. This attempt to keep Luther quiet had the opposite effect. Luther now started issuing statements about other issues. For example, at that time people believed that the Pope was infallible (incapable of error). However, Luther was convinced that Leo X was wrong to sell indulgences. Therefore, Luther argued, the Pope could not possibly be infallible.
Pope Leo X was born on December 11, 1475.
Pope Leo X was not married and many of his contemporaries considered him to be a homosexual.