![]() 1 The more standard report on the Diet extended the line to " Ich kan nicht anderst, hie stehe ich, Gott helff mir, Amen." 2 The definitive rendering of Luther's declaration, however, would come from the pen of his cobelligerent Philip Melanchthon, who, in his biographical introduction to the Latin edition of Luther's works, reported that the Reformer had said " Hie stehe ich / Ich kan nie anders / Gott helff mir / Amen." 3 Amen.," and included a portrait of Luther being anointed by the Holy Spirit. An account printed in Strasbourg the following month rendered the line as " GOTT HELF MIR ARMEN. The earliest reports of the Diet attested that Luther switched to German for his final declaration. ![]() ![]() ![]() On April 18, 1521, Martin Luther made his famous address before Charles V and the Diet of Worms. ![]()
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