Was Protestantism a reactionary movement?

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
You wouldn't call the overthrowing of corrupt regime of the Shah of Iran by Ayatollah Khomeini "fairly new," even though that was indeed a revolution.

The Reagan revolution didn't overthrow the previous regime.

[Heresson]

Originally posted by BeBro
Of course one could say the Catholic Church was in fact the conservative element since they tried to keep the status quo (JohnT's "worldliness" ), and Luther's "back to the bible" had a progressive element given the condition in which the church as institution existed at Luther's times. Calling it reactionary then may be technically correct but still is somewhat irritating when you understand "reactionary" as something directed against progress.

OK. Lets call it fundamentalism.