Thanks a lot, Martin Luther!

"Germany was once the witch-burning capital of the world. Here’s why."

"Luther himself authorized the execution of four accused witches, while Calvin urged Genevan officials to wipe out 'the race of witches,' notes Gary Waite, a history professor at the University of New Brunswick, in The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America. Catholic leaders were getting nervous. They responded with some of the most brutal massacres, St Maximin’s among them. That, in turn, inspired Lutheran authorities to up their witch-hunting game still more."

~ Gwynn Guilford

https://qz.com/1183992/why-europe-was-overrun-by-witch-hunts-in-early-modern-history