[pekk]

Interestingly, anybody were to read Martin Luther's "The Jews and Their Lies" today they would dismiss him as an incredibly hateful, racist crank.

Maybe you are being over-sensitive on behalf of Christendom here, as a worldly institution it should not be above criticism.

[wyclif]

Perhaps you should try reading the article and my comment for context, because it's apparent you didn't understand them. I'm saying that Gray is demonstrably wrong about authoritarianism wrt the Reformation, because the Church was not above criticism. The article, and my comment, was on-topic in that regard.