But then we get to Protestant human “authority,” which in the end is really no authority at all, because Luther said “here I stand,” appealing to the abstract notion of “evident reasoning” and to “clear Scripture.” The individual decides; the “authority” has only an advisory capacity. One may have immense respect for an advisor, but he is still only that. A presidential advisor, for instance, can always be overruled by the president. He gives advice, but he has no power to compel. It is clear in