power. For years, fortunes went to Rome in the form of tithes. The only people ignoring secular laws are pope-appointed Church officials, and the biggest local landowner is the Church. Continuing to will the land to monasteries and convents in return for prayers to speed through purgatory is no longer necessary.
             However, breaking with Rome could cause a war. Although, Charles V, the Holy Roman Emporer, wants a German alliance against the Turks, he is also ready to defend the Church. Nevertheless, Luther convincingly pleads his case. "If hitherto the popes and Romanists have been able, with the devils help, to bring kings into conflict with each other, they will be able to do it again now, if we set forth without God's help, and armed only by the strength of our own strength and shrewdness". To surrender to our fears, is to submit to the popes will, hence, the devils will. Therefore, not allowing ourselves to be
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