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The Cleaning Power of Fire. Luther burns the papal bull; the pope returns the favour and burns Luther’s books. The relationship between Luther and church leaves the realm of academic, theological argumentation and enters the dangerous territory of power politics. If some monk challenges the authority of pope and church, what do you think all those power-hungry princes will do to the finely tuned structure of the Holy Roman Empire? If the pope can’t control a measly German monk, the…