:I believe Luther was a revolutionary in the best sense of that term.  If every self-styled revolutionary had Luther's success, they'd be thrilled!  Luther revolutionized the Church and the approach Christians should take to Scripture.  While his "revolution" (granted, "reformation" is indeed the better word) was first theological, and only secondarily (or maybe peripherally) political, he certain revolutionized the Church and the world, like few others in all of history.  I will defer to my Lutheran brethren, but I really think that Luther was a great revolutionary...again, in the best, truest sense of the word.