wanted nothing more than to give the church a good, moral bath. Scrub away the corruption, wash off the hypocrisy, and all would be well. Over the years, however, he became increasingly troubled by the fact that Luther meant something entirely different by ‘reformation’. Where he wanted to call popes to be better popes, Luther wanted to get rid of popes altogether. Where he wanted to clean up the Roman Catholic system, Luther wanted to burn it all down and replace it.




