State churches were the problem. Luther was onto something here but until churches (even Lutheran) ceased to be state churches, his core idea was not fully realizable.
Romans 13 never left the bible. However an ungodly fusion of church and state mostly left the world.
LOL. So Luther advocating that the head of State be the head of all religion in each country fixed that problem, right??
“...but until churches (even Lutheran) ceased to be state churches, his core idea was not fully realizable.”
I’m not really sure about all this, but I think in Europe there are still state churches (and my guess if that if there are, some are Lutheran).