~ SO ANYWAY, is it true that the great divide in Christianity is between “Just The Bible” groups and “all those human traditions” churches?
As even Luther had to admit (he who invented the 5 Solas), the idea of Sola Scriptura (The Bible Alone) quickly became SOLO Scriptura, as the radical “reformation” and countless sects, groups, split-off preachers and a doctrinal & Biblical chaos ensued. EACH ONE (as today) proclaimed themselves as the true interpreters of the Bible, including those who deny that “Sola Scriptura does not mean that Scripture is the only authority.”
Ask each Christian group what “This is my body” means, or “Those whom you forgive are forgiven in heaven”, or any other contested point of post AD 1500s interpretation of the Bible. My question is always “By what (final) authority?” Pretending that the protestant groups don’t have their own replacement magisteria & interpretations, “Just The Bible“? Misinformed & possibly disingenuous.
In 1600s Scotland, the Calvinists engaged in the brutal civil war against King and non-Covenanters cried “Jesus and No Quarter“, interpreting their opposition (especially Scots Anglicans, or Scots & Irish Catholics) as not just wrong, but evil– Amalekites, Canaanites, Babylonish sub-humans to be arrested, mistreated, executed, and exterminated at will.
https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/sola-scriptura-a-blueprint-for-anarchy-12451
Cheers,
Teh Binks
A Swift Sunrise 
I was hoping for some sort of insight into the foreign powers who supported Luther as a means to get at their worldly enemies. Previous manifestations of ‘protest’, such as the Hussites or the Cathars, did not get foreign support.
As for the ‘every man is pope’ tendency of protestant sects to further fracture, schism, and, splinter, well, that is very much true; there is evidence everywhere.
You are a very bad & scary person. 😉
Sorry I didn’t see your comment earlier. Blog is kind of dozing these days. I’m not sure about who might have funded the LutherCorp start-up.. no doubt sales of his writings & $$ from supportive people & princes far & near kicked in once he got going. Kickbacks from plundered churches, monasteries & convents? Honestly never looked into it.
I know the filthy dirty lucre-loving Henry VIII was doing a roaring secret business in plundered church marble fixtures, altars, fonts, and the like, selling them via third parties to Mediterranean and other European Catholic churches.
I see you’re still around. Or are you?