[kosta50]

Martin Luther: “There are almost as many sects and beliefs as there are heads; this one will not admit Baptism; that one rejects the Sacrament of the altar; another places another world between the present one and the day of judgment; some teach that Jesus Christ is not God. .”

This however, indicates that he did begin to realize some of the ramifications of his actions.

Sounds like he described present-day Protestant communities, doens't it? I especially like the observatrion "There is not an individual, however clownish he may be, who does not claim to be inspired by the Holy Ghost, and who does not put forth as prophecies his ravings and dreams."

[MarkBsnr]

***Sounds like he described present-day Protestant communities, doens’t it? I especially like the observatrion “There is not an individual, however clownish he may be, who does not claim to be inspired by the Holy Ghost, and who does not put forth as prophecies his ravings and dreams.”***

The only difference between the time just before he died and the present day is the number of Protestant beliefs, and the extravagent excesses in theology that they are developing.