Martin Luther and Emperor Charles the Fifth

Regardless of age most every person recognizes they have sometimes strayed away from the ______ and toward the bad.

A natural response is to work a bit harder in the hope that one's good deeds outweigh the ______.

Martin Luther viewed Jesus as a judge, not as a ______.

Martin Luther fell into despair when he realized that good deeds could never ______ him.

Life was slightly better in the city of Mansfeld thanks to a thriving ______ industry.

Hans Luther saw the answer in his son Martin, grooming him for a university education with an eye toward a career as a ______.

Luther had no ______ to shield him.

Thanks to the recent invention of the printing press Luther's protest against the church had transformed him into Europe's first ______.

Burning Luther's writings would not stop the inevitable showdown of the old against the ______.

His notoriety made him a figure you couldn't just ______ or get rid of.

Getting rid of Martin Luther would now preoccupy the most powerful people on earth for ______.

The origin of the conflict flowed from a deceptively simple question, a ______ of sorts that Luther had wrestled with for years.