Decet Romanum Pontificem (It Pleases the Roman Pontiff) (1521) is the papal bull excommunicating Martin Luther, bearing the title of the first three Latin words of the text. It was issued on January 3, 1521, by Pope Leo X to effect the excommunication threatened in his earlier papal bull Exsurge Domine (1520) since Luther failed to recant. Luther ...
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(from the article `Luther, Martin`) The ensuing bull of excommunication, Decet Romanum pontificem (`It Pleases the Roman Pontiff`), was published on Jan. 3, 1521. Martin Luther was ... ...Luther, who by this time had gained the support of influential figures in Germany, defied the pope. Thus, Leo was left no alternative but to...
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