The people who chose to remain catholic had no opinion on protestantism before it was invented, then they formed a negative opinion of it. Opinion changed, cheque mate aetheistises.
Honestly I think it is wrong to compare modern day to anything over a few decades old. You can’t hold Catholics responsible for things that happened centuries ago. You can only hold them to the now.
Was there ever a time that this was the case?
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Ask Martin Luther
I’m not sure the Catholic Church would agree that Martin Luther changed everyone’s opinion.
It certainly changed their opinion of him
MLK definitely did not change everyone’s opinion. A lot of people? Sure. Everyone? Absolutely not.
I said Martin Luther, not Martin Luther King
Ah that’s my bad. My point still stands though. It’s not like he was able to convince everyone to become Protestant.
The people who chose to remain catholic had no opinion on protestantism before it was invented, then they formed a negative opinion of it. Opinion changed, cheque mate aetheistises.
But everyone’s opinion was changed.
Opinion of what exactly?
That was not a criterion of OP’s question. As such, it doesn’t really matter. Just that they were changed is the qualifier here.
If I were to guess, it at least changed their opinion of Martin Luther, even if they didn’t become protestants.
I’m not sure the whole arab or asian world would agree. They’re still colonizing africa.
Yes.
The Pope has that power. Pretty much always has, but it was far more pronounced before universal literacy was a thing.
Not even the pope
I don’t know that a screenshot of twitter is proof of anything, especially after the proliferation of AI.
But, go read about the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages. Even if I’m wrong in my opinion, you’ll learn some new things.
Honestly I think it is wrong to compare modern day to anything over a few decades old. You can’t hold Catholics responsible for things that happened centuries ago. You can only hold them to the now.
Also not all Catholics believe the same things.
No pope has ever had the power to change everyone’s mind with a single word or speech. That’s never been a thing.