"I never approved of a schism, nor will I approve of it for all eternity...That the Roman Church is more honored by God than all others is not to be doubted...Though nowadays everything is in a wretched state, it is no ground for seperating from the Church. On the contrary, the worse things are going, the more should we hold close to her, for it is not by seperating from the Church that we make her better...There is no sin, no amount of evil, which should be permitted to disolve the bond of charity or break the bond of unity of the body"-Martin Luthers letter to Pope Leo X, January 6, 1519, more than a year after the Ninety-Five thesis