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However, after the Peasant War, Luther became less dogmatic. He seemed to have even acquiesced in developing churches in German states that were often largely controlled by the local elite.<ref> Hale, p. 118</ref> This was even the case in his native Saxony and was possibly a reflection of the fact that he had felt the revolt had weakened his position. Luther was unwilling to see Reformed Churches come totally under local elites' sway, but he seemed more willing after the Peasants War to compromise. After his death, many local nobles effectively became heads of the local Lutheran Churches. Luther had not envisaged this, and this outcome was partly due to the compromises he made with the nobles in the aftermath of the Peasant War.

After the Peasant War, Martin Luther was seen as leading a religious movement that was more concerned with the elite than the ordinary people. Historians have come to see Luther after 1525 as promoting ‘a Magisterial Reformation.’<ref> Hale, p. 145</ref> one directed and controlled by the traditional rulers. Many pastors and ordinary people, who had been inspired by Luther, now turned against him, and this had begun before the Peasants War. However, this dissatisfaction with Luther and his teachings became more pronounced after 1524-1527. Soon Protestant pastors and preachers, disillusioned with the ‘Magisterial Reformation,’ taught a more radical version of Protestantism, one that Luther condemned.<ref> Williams, George H., <i>The Radical Reformation</i>, 3rd ed (Truman State University Press, 2000), p.113</ref> This led to the formation of many sects and groups.

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