The Church has thus far protected itself by preventing anyone except the Pope from convening a reform council. He believes that anyone who finds a problem in the church should be able to call a council. The convening of a church council does not depend on authority, but on a spiritual need. Furthermore, Luther delegates the temporal authorities to be the most suitable to call a council because they are Christian brothers and have the power from God to exercise power. In his treatise he says: “Moreover, nothing can be demonstrated in the Scriptures that gives the Pope exclusive power to call and confirm councils.” he says this because we [the clergy and the Pope] think we are the only ones who have the right to call an ecclesiastical council, we are heretics. Martin Luther is challenging the doctrine of the church that our Lord and Savior put in place. Luther defines the priesthood of all believers as God accessible to all believers. This Protestant doctrine allows all Christians to minister to themselves and pray without using a bishop or minister. With this belief, there is no hierarchy in the church, so a milkmaid can be a priest. He is telling Christians that both tasks [their strengths] are what God has called them to do