Martin Luther was against the purchase of "indulgences" which were granted as absolution for sinful acts for a "donation" priced according to the level of the offense.
He waited, because Luther had many people's attention and sympathies. The pope was hoping to pressure Luther to recant, so that his sympathizers would run to the Church of the pope. If Luther was excommunicated outright, those "followers" would likely stay with Luther and reject the imposed papal authority. When Luther was clear that he maintained his stand, he was excommunicated and many Christians went with him.
Martin Luther's primary objection to papal indulgences was that they undermined the core Christian belief in salvation through faith alone, rather than through financial contributions or works. He argued that the sale of indulgences exploited the faithful and distorted the true purpose of repentance and forgiveness. Luther believed that the Church should not have the authority to grant absolution for sins in exchange for money, as it compromised the integrity of the Gospel and the relationship between individuals and God. His objections were famously articulated in his Ninety-Five Theses, which sparked the Protestant Reformation.
There were a lot of things wrong with the church at the time of martin luther. He was a monk and scholar and he didn't agree with the church on a lot of things. The church sold bits of paper called indulgences to the people and told them that if they bought them they would go to heaven. Martin Luther wrote the 95 theses and nailed them to the door of wittenburg church. The 95 theses were all the things he thought wrong with the church. Pope Leo X was disgusted by his actions and sent him a papal bull, a formal letter excommunicating him from the church. Martin Luther burned it in front of the public. Martin Luther wanted the church to correct itself because they were cheating the people and giving them false belief.
The Pope issued a papal bull threatening to excommunicate Luther if he did not recant in 90 days. Luther is said to have burned copies of the bull. Luther was excommunicated and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was told to kill him on charges of heresy. Charles summoned him to Worms (verms) to be examined. Luther was declared a heretic. Luther had thirty days to return home before being declared an outlaw. On the way back to Wittenburg Luther was kidnapped by his friend a prince of Germany. the prince took him to a castle where luther lived in safety and translated the New Testament into German. Because Charles was busy with foreign affairs Luther was not bothered for the remainder of his life which he spent mostly in Wittenburg.
Martin Luther burned the papal bull of excommunication
According to Martin Luther, papal pardons can not grant forgiveness for sins or save a person's soul. Luther believed that true forgiveness and salvation could only come from God through faith and repentance, not through the purchase of indulgences.
Martin Luther was against the purchase of "indulgences" which were granted as absolution for sinful acts for a "donation" priced according to the level of the offense.
Martin Luther never took over the Christian Church, he was excommunicated from it in 1521 in the bull Decet Romanum Pontificem: Papal Bull on the Condemnation and Excommunication of Martin Luther, the Heretic, and his Followers, January 3, 1521.
It would seem the Martin Luther attacked papal pardons from a position of ignorance as careful reading, say of his 95 Theses, seems to indicate the Martin Luther, himself, did not understand what indulgences actually are, and his followers certainly did not. Martin Luther, despite his supposed position as a teacher of theology never evidences a real understanding of Catholic Theology, but, instead, manifests a vast ignorance of Catholic theology. His arguments are only sad, and the fact that people followed him out of the Church on the strength of his arguments is even sadder.
Martin Luther, professor of biblical studies and Augustine monk, initially sought to reform in the use of indulgences. In response, Prierias, Master of the Papal Palace, declared any challenge to the sale of indulgences heretical. Luther proceeded to deny the infallibility of the pope and of General Councils, for which the pope excommunicated him in 1520. However, the Elector of Saxony declined to enforce the Bull of Excommunication, which Luther publicly burnt in the university at Wittenberg. One of the forty one heresies and "pestiferous errors" of which he was accused was the opinion that "the burning of heretics is against the will of the Holy Spirit."
Luther burned the papal bull, because that was the best thing to do. Seriously! Since the papacy had for many centuries been the seat of hypocrites who lived in open or hidden sin, the word of the pope carried no more weight than the grunting of a pig. Why bother about a papal bull? Rather burn it to show your contempt for all that its author stands for.
Burned it
Martin Luther, on Reformation Day, October 31, nailed his Augsberg Confession to the door of the church setting off the Reformation. The Protestant Reformation had 48 articles of disagreement with the Roman Catholic Church including indulgences, papal authority and salvation as a gift.
According to Martin Luther, papal pardons cannot grant true forgiveness for sins or ensure salvation. He believed that faith and repentance were essential for salvation, rather than reliance on indulgences or the authority of the Pope. Luther argued that such practices undermined the true message of the Gospel and the role of Christ in redemption. Ultimately, he emphasized that forgiveness comes from God alone, through faith, not through the church's decrees.
He waited, because Luther had many people's attention and sympathies. The pope was hoping to pressure Luther to recant, so that his sympathizers would run to the Church of the pope. If Luther was excommunicated outright, those "followers" would likely stay with Luther and reject the imposed papal authority. When Luther was clear that he maintained his stand, he was excommunicated and many Christians went with him.
Martin Luther was responsible of putting his 95 theses in the church of Witenburg and he also burned the Papal bull issued by the pope in front of a large crowd. He was invited to the diet of the worms but he still refused to recant his ideas. His activities has made chaos in the church, and even the pope had to make a move.