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