The Protestant Reformation and the Meaning Crisis

The Protestant Reformation is titanic. It is really inappropriate if you are trying to understand the advent of the meaning crisis to only look at the scientific revolution, he says. Because of his attack on tradition and institution, Luther advocates what he calls the priesthood of all believers. He argues for a complete form of democracy within the church. Everything should be decided democratically because there should not be any significant authority or hierarchical structure. This of course is why the Catholic Church is so resisting to him. They just want this idea eradicated as it undermines the very structure and existence of theCatholic Church.