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Luther Burning the Pope’s Bull

Luther Burning the Pope’s Bull

Auguste Trichon · Public Domain Mark 1.0 / domaine public

This engraving by Auguste Trichon, titled “Luther Burning the Pope’s Bull,” depicts a major episode of the Protestant Reformation in 1520. Martin Luther is shown throwing into the fire the papal bull threatening him with excommunication, before witnesses gathered around the blaze. The image emphasizes the challenge to Roman authority, religious rupture, and the symbolic force of a founding gesture of Protestantism.