|Flashcards: Latin Derivatives|
(adj.) 1) cowardly; 2) disloyal; (n.) 1) coward; 2) traitor
Considered a recreant by the Church of Rome, Luther risked sharing the fate of Savonarola, a religious reformer who had been burned at the stake for heresy just a few years earlier, in 1498.
Latin root word: credo, credere, credidi, creditus - to believe, trust