Abstract
Luther's reaction against certain medieval exaggerations of piety inspired new forms of religious life, which left no room for artistic representations and popular devotions, practices which once nurtured Christian life in the late Middle Ages. Protestantism developed paying scarce attention to the prayer of the senses and doing away with the traditional forms of catechism. In contrast with Lutheranism, there appeared within Protestantism certain pietist explosions of sentimental character. On the other hand, Lutheranism's dogmatic and ethical radicalism proved to be an obstacle for mass attraction towards Protestant forms of spirituality.
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