Additionally, he affirmed the seven sacraments, the original source of his repudiation against the church. Even though this denial contradicted everything he believed, it wasn’t enough to save him from being sentenced to the stake. The government ordered his death, but only after one more confession, this time in public, in support of the Catholic Church. Weight of what he had done overwhelmed him immediately; it was too late to be saved from the flames. His own signature would be used to humiliate him throughout the region.
