Er...it was Luther who turned on the Church, not the other way around.
On the contrary, Luther sought reform from real problems and abuses, and his doctrine was not radical, but was straight out Augustinianism. It was the church that turned on him.
41 posted on 10/17/2014 6:23:08 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans
(I mostly come out at night... mostly.)