Background information: A bull is a papal decree, or statement, issued by a pope. This one condemns the ideas of Martin Luther. Therefore we can, without any further citation or…

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Background information: A bull is a papal decree, or statement, issued by a pope. This one condemns the ideas of Martin Luther.

Therefore we can, without any further citation or delay, proceed against him to his condemnation . . . as one whose faith is notoriously suspect and in fact a true heretic with the full severity of each and all of the above penalties and censures. . . . It is our hope, so far as in us lies, that he will experience a change of heart by taking the road of mildness we have proposed, return, and turn away from his errors. We will receive him kindly as the prodigal son returning to the embrace of the Church.

Why is Martin Luther being condemned by the pope?

A. He supports Henry VIII’s annulment.
B. He is accused of being a heretic because of his beliefs.
C. He changed his position on corruption.
D. He is a prodigal son returning to the ways of the church.