The elders are the teachers. The Lutheran Catechism is broadened and establishes the right order for all estates in society. No change in the political or economic status. Village elders are responsible for looking for evildoers, not in the spirit of vengeance but to encourage them to become better Christians. All who could be reached by instruction.
People are unable to read, therefore unable to interpret scripture.
Consensus is achieved through education. The main goal of reformers is to arm the simple layman with scripture. G.P.T. Great Political Thinkers , William Ebenstein, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1969. L.H.L. Luther's House of Learning, Introduction of the Young in the German Reformation , Gerald Strauss, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978. L.R. Life in the Renaissance , Marzieh Gail, Random House, no copyright date.