Frederick the Wise protected him in Wartburg so he could translate the Bible in defiance of the Edict of Worms
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questioned whether the pope could, as he claimed, deliver souls of a ... Frederick 
the Wise, the Elector for Germany in the Holy Roman Empire, found ..... After 
nearly in Wartburg Castle, where Luther occupied himself with translating the 
Bible... [DOC] [TLE] Martin Luther - ReligionFacts [PAR] Mar 17, 2015 ... His parents intended him for a law career, but he became a monk ...