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Luther certainly was not a simple-minded German folkperson, however in his time the Mass was commonly in Latin, which was not understood by the folk. One of imp
by tpm 8y ago
Luther certainly was not a simple-minded German folkperson, however in his time the Mass was commonly in Latin, which was not understood by the folk. One of important results of the Reformation was the translation of the Bible and liturgy in the language of the people (this happened in Czech lands already at the time of Jan Hus, but not elsewhere). The Catholic hierarchy was also perceived to be highly corrupt and the teachings not accessible by the common people, so the Reformation aimed to change all that. This is sort of what I feel where the OP is going with his comment.
- coldtea 8y agoYeah, that's part of where I was going. The new theology caught on as a simplified "back-to-basics" doctrine for the masses, and shed a lot of the subtlety of earlier theology. Instead of being less indoctrinated protestants became more fundamentalist and less nuanced than Catholics -- which can be seen in a very crude example in today's "bible belt" version of christianity (and even someone like Nietzsche alluded to that kind of influence by Luther).