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His Goal: To appear innocent and with no fault before the Diet of Worms (General Assembly)
His Ultimate Purpose: Correct the doctrines and teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
-The Protestant Reformation began in 1517 and speech was given on April 18th, 1520
-Sparked by Martin Luther
-Wrote '95 Thesis' and posted it on the church door for all to see
-Wrote books on Christianity and against the Roman Catholic Church's doctrines and teachings
-Luther was excommunicated from Germany after his speech was made in Worms, but still continued fighting against the church.
Translation: The church is corrupt, causing the nation distress and vexation
Strengths
- Effective in the sense that he is confident and truthful in everything he says
- Appears before the court, not arrogant or meek, but he stands before them with confidence, respect, and humility
-Admits to being too harsh in some of his writings about the Pope; eases tension
-Speech was effective, even though he was excommunicated
-Luther kick started the church reformation and then strengthened it when he publicly shared this speech
-Articulation of words and gentle, humble tone grabbed peoples attention
-Extremely effective!!
Weaknesses
- Uses no Logos; Luther explains all of his ideas and opinions in his books therefore he does not include details about why the church is corrupt
Rachel Jancsar
-Luther spoke these words with modesty but also with earnestness
-Spoken with power yet humility
-Made audience actually listen because of the way he articulated his words
- Did not contradict himself in any way
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