He waited, because Luther had many people's attention and sympathies. The pope was hoping to pressure Luther to recant, so that his sympathizers would run to the Church of the pope. If Luther was excommunicated outright, those "followers" would likely stay with Luther and reject the imposed papal authority. When Luther was clear that he maintained his stand, he was excommunicated and many Christians went with him.
The Pope issued a papal bull threatening to excommunicate Luther if he did not recant in 90 days. Luther is said to have burned copies of the bull. Luther was excommunicated and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was told to kill him on charges of heresy. Charles summoned him to Worms (verms) to be examined. Luther was declared a heretic. Luther had thirty days to return home before being declared an outlaw. On the way back to Wittenburg Luther was kidnapped by his friend a prince of Germany. the prince took him to a castle where luther lived in safety and translated the New Testament into German. Because Charles was busy with foreign affairs Luther was not bothered for the remainder of his life which he spent mostly in Wittenburg.
The pope and several Roman Catholic monarchs.
The pope's responses to Martin Luther, and his ninety-five theses is covered in The Cleaving of Christendom, by Warren H. Carroll starting on page 8, and running off and on through page 189. In mid-June of 1518, the papal procurator, Mario de Perusco, made a formal charge of heresy against Luther for denying the existence of the treasury of grace and questioning the authority of the Pope. Pope Leo X had ordered Martin Luther to Rome to answer the charges, when Luther manifested that he had no intention on obeying the summons (contrary to his freely taken vow of obedience) the Pope responded by having his legate declare Luther a notorious heretic, and bring him before the German Diet in Augsburg - by arrest, if necessary. On October 12 Luther and Carinal Cajetan met and Luther was instructed to recant two propositions: 1) that the Church does not hold a treasury of graces from Christ and the saints from which to dispense indulgences; and 2) that the sacraments of the Church are efficacious only by faith, and not by their own operation. The Cardinal argued by the authority of St. Thomas Aquinas, whom Martin Luther despised, and Luther insisted that he must be convinced by Scripture, the Fathers, papal definitions, or sound reason. Cardinal Cajetan promptly cited the bull Unigenitus by Pope Clement VI. Luther promptly condemned Unigenitus and withdrew his stated willingness to accept papal definitions - they ended up shouting. Finally, the Pope issued the bull Exsurge Domine specifically condemning the errors of Martin Luther, on June 15, 1520, the following year on January 3, 1521, he issued the bull, Decet Romanum Pontificemexcommunicating Martin Luther, the heretic, and his Followers. See links below.
the pope banned him form the church but then later tried to get him back so people wouldn't leave the church.
Leo threatened Luther with excommunication if he did not recant his 95 demands. Luther refused and was excommunicated.
Martin Luther King did not challenge the pope.
Martin Luther was never made a representative of the pope.
He waited, because Luther had many people's attention and sympathies. The pope was hoping to pressure Luther to recant, so that his sympathizers would run to the Church of the pope. If Luther was excommunicated outright, those "followers" would likely stay with Luther and reject the imposed papal authority. When Luther was clear that he maintained his stand, he was excommunicated and many Christians went with him.
Martin Luther was responsible of putting his 95 theses in the church of Witenburg and he also burned the Papal bull issued by the pope in front of a large crowd. He was invited to the diet of the worms but he still refused to recant his ideas. His activities has made chaos in the church, and even the pope had to make a move.
The Pope excommunicated Martin Luther in 1520. However, the Elector of Saxony declined to enforce the Bull of Excommunication, which Luther publicly burnt in the university at Wittenberg. In 1521 the Pope issued a further Bull against Luther and called upon the Emperor to enforce it. Instead, Charles called a Diet at Worms. Luther was called upon to recant, but adamantly refused.
The Pope during Martin Luther's posting of the Ninety-Five Theses was Pope Leo X.
He was not a threat at all to the pope
Martin Luther stated he would only reconcile with the Pope if the Pope accepted his 95 Theses in their entirety. On meeting with the Pope, the Pope accepted only a fraction of them which caused Martin Luther to break with the Communion of Rome.
The Pope issued a papal bull threatening to excommunicate Luther if he did not recant in 90 days. Luther is said to have burned copies of the bull. Luther was excommunicated and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was told to kill him on charges of heresy. Charles summoned him to Worms (verms) to be examined. Luther was declared a heretic. Luther had thirty days to return home before being declared an outlaw. On the way back to Wittenburg Luther was kidnapped by his friend a prince of Germany. the prince took him to a castle where luther lived in safety and translated the New Testament into German. Because Charles was busy with foreign affairs Luther was not bothered for the remainder of his life which he spent mostly in Wittenburg.
Martin Luther was not arrested, although a warrant was issued due to heresy against the Pope.
That is pretty simple, Martin Luther was trying to remove Christ's duly appointed Vicar over His Church: the pope in Rome, and replace him, as the final arbiter of religious doctrine with himself!