More and more so as time went by.
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"He had absolutely no interest in reconciling with the pope"... due to a large extent to his lack of trust in the integrity of the pope.
Martin Luther wanted to be reconciled with the Roman Catholic Church to the day he died.. It was those that followed him that started Lutherism... or a "church"..
Martin Luther was like most of us, he wasnt too smart..
He probably would have been a democrat..
Well, the pope was pretty much at the mercy of the emperor, and Rome had been roughed up by Lutheran mercenaries employed by the emperor.