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Ballymena, Antrim
The Lathe Ring
Sunday, 18 April 2021 in 14m (3lb 3oz in B)
500 Tolling
3 Adam McCurdy
Marking the 500 years since Martin Luther was called to defend his Protestant beliefs at the Diet of Worms, on 18th April 1521, where he refused to recant, declaring "Here I stand - I can do no other". It also represents the first true schism of the Western Church.
Tenor, the bell used (Image: Adam McCurdy)
Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms, by Anton von Werner, 1877 (Image: Anton von Werner)