Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther
Author: first_name: Martin
last_name: Luther
Language: English
Year: 1886

When Martin Luther promulgated his “95 Theses” 1n 1517, he probably did not envision the initiation of the historical division of the indivisible Church, beginning what we now know as the Protestant Reformation.  For his opposition to such practices as indulgences and Papal infallibility, he was excommunicated by Pope Leo X, and later, at the Diet of Worms, was declared an outlaw of the state.  Luther made use of the new printing technology of Gutenberg to disseminate his writings.  
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