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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (72685)2/9/2003 8:01:39 PM
From: Ilaine  Respond to of 281500
 
All the Pope had to do was listen to the Dutch street, huh? Too much.



To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (72685)2/9/2003 11:06:48 PM
From: paul_philp  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Jacob,

The Catholic Church would have had to restructure their entire power structure to adopt to the Protestant revolution. Too many people had too much power and were making too much money to risk giving up their gig. They would have killed the Pope before allowing reforms. You misunderestimate institutional inertia and the forces allied against change.

Paul


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