Unintended Consequences Of Martin Luther’s Reformation

So it’s not surprising that on his return to Wittenberg, Luther was having second thoughts: What if others failed to see what he himself felt the Spirit had illuminated for him? That is what unfolded. “The coming of the enlightenment,” Holland writes, “revealed different things to different people.” Luther didn’t intend it, but many followers, inspired by the premium that Luther had put on freedom, spun off individualized takes on what Scripture says.