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So, in a very real sense, the Catholic church's corruption at the time of the Reformation is as responsible for the Reformation as Luther was. This will undoubtedly be hotly contested.

I would agree with this assessment. Although I think with the advent of the printing press and the increase in literacy, something similar would have been inevitable, even had the church been free of corruption.

Although I think with the advent of the printing press and the increase in literacy, something similar would have been inevitable, even had the church been free of corruption.

Very astute, angelo. And very sadly so. We see the enormous benefits of the individualism released by the Enlightenment but few see the downside, how it has separated us. How it has destroyed the oneness of community we once had. The barbarians invade every generation and it is very tempting to dismiss everything that came before us as bunk.