Low Information Voter on Nostr: The problems you highlight are very real. The history cited has... problems. Luther ...
The problems you highlight are very real.
The history cited has... problems.
Luther (and Calvin) objected to the Catholic Church's insufficient dogmatism and its easy permissivity (always for a price).
Early Lutheranism and Calvinism were ab inito more intolerant, dogmatic and conformist... and militarily more successful. Hence the Reformation's victories.
Their success in Northern Europe inspired the Jesuit-led Catholic "Counter-Reformation" in Spain and the wider mediterranean Europe. Which better fits your narrative, but implies a very gloomy future, of not one but two intolerant, censorious power blocs.
The history cited has... problems.
Luther (and Calvin) objected to the Catholic Church's insufficient dogmatism and its easy permissivity (always for a price).
Early Lutheranism and Calvinism were ab inito more intolerant, dogmatic and conformist... and militarily more successful. Hence the Reformation's victories.
Their success in Northern Europe inspired the Jesuit-led Catholic "Counter-Reformation" in Spain and the wider mediterranean Europe. Which better fits your narrative, but implies a very gloomy future, of not one but two intolerant, censorious power blocs.