You don’t yell FIRE in a crowded theatre. By thte way, the Council of Trent offered the Lutherans a place at the table. Calvinists too. They refused to come.
>You don’t yell FIRE in a crowded theatre.
And what do you mean by that?
> By the way, the Council of Trent offered the Lutherans a place at the table. Calvinists too. They refused to come.
I suspect that by that time, the relations between the factions was too separate.
I have heard it said that Cajetan was at one point in talks with Luther, to try to reconcile him with the Church. However, a faction of hard liners in the Church entered into secret negotiations behind both their backs with I think the Elector of Saxony to get Luther tried for heresy. When Luther found out, he was ticked, he thought that the Church wasn’t negotiating in good faith. If this was true, you can blame those fools, because Luther might well have returned to the Church if it wasn’t for them.