... those in power. However different their approaches to change may be, both Machiavelli and Luther are regarded as revolutionary proponents of change in the age of the reformation. In both The Prince and The Discourses, Machiavelli firmly opposed the ambitions of the papacy, emperor, and foreign rulers who created chaos in Italy. Machiavelli explained that the fundamental flaw of the Catholic Church was not its pursuit of power, but its failure to ... so that it not extend too far and encroach on God's kingdom and government. While Luther's division of the religious and secular realms cha...

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