At the Diet of Worms in 1521, Martin Luther stood before papal authorities and the Holy Roman Emperor—alone, accused, threatened, and pressured to renounce everything he had written. His books had shaken Europe, exposing falsehood, indulgences, the sale of salvation, and the corruption of Rome. They demanded one thing: Return to the Word of God. But that day, they told him to recant—to deny the truth to save himself. Luther’s answer still echoes through the ages: “Unless I am convinced by the te