This week in class we discussed the Protestant Reformation and the splinter movements that usurped Church authority. The most significant reformers were Martin Luther and Erasmus who agreed and disagreed on many issues. Both saw the Catholic Church as corrupt and failed institution failing to live up to the glory God. They both advocate reforms that would radically change how the Church would function and Luther left the Church over these issues. The primary difference between these two men were there opinions on free will with Erasmus advocating that peasants have free will while luther argued that they are tied to the land and do not have a legitimate basis to revolt.
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