"Just following the example of that papally-recognized religious genius, our role model the Blessed Martin Luther!"
Irony often gets garbled on FR, so -- lest my sarcasm be misinterpreted --- I do not think the Four Cardinals are at all analogous to Dr. Luther. They are teachers of Catholic Doctrine and, in fact, outstanding defenders of the Papal Magisterium.
Pull the other leg! Yur' killin' me!
Context is everything.
Yes, I know, things are different now, and these guys are so solemn -- but the sarcasm disclaimer still doesn't work. You may have not be fully nailed yourself, but a few loose splinters of that door did take hold of your shawl.
Defenders of "papal magisterium"???
Oh, you must mean defenders of earlier past times 'teachings'...opposed to what they see as clearly enough serious error, now .
in his own time, and way.
Not a Cardinal (much less, four). Nearly alone at first...as the controversy "broke" and details examined, many examined the records and found Luther ---to be right about a lot of things, though not necessarily (it was not necessary to be) right about everything.