Luther's second great work, 'The Babylonian Captivity of the Church' (October 1520), is written in Latin for educated clerical audiences rather than the vernacular, representing a different rhetorical strategy aimed at converting learned clergy to the priesthood of all believers doctrine.
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“he writes a piece called the babylonian captivity of the church... he writes it in latin and very clearly he's writing it for educated people and that means essentially clerics”
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