on, but Protestants became especially animated in their search for theological foundations for more democratic expressions. (3) Karl Holl summarized the major effects of Reformation thought as: "on the one hand, a deepening of the theory of the state; on the other, a definite limitations of its powers." (4)
             Over time, delimitations to this principle of unqualified submission became increasingly acceptable. In light of some of the abuses and excesses of civil rulers, most Protestants came to accept a modified resistance (passive) if the ruler mandated something explicitly opposed to revealed matters. Despite the Protestant unity on this issue, the
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