<sod>St Katharine’s was the church of the weavers. Even before the arrival of Lutheran doctrines, there was already in Zwickau a reform movement inspired by the [[Bohemian Reformation|Hussite Reformation]] of the 15th century, especially in its radical, apocalyptic [[Taborite]] flavour. Amongst the Zwickau weavers this movement was particularly strong, along with spiritualism. [[Nicholas Storch|Nikolaus Storch]] was active here, a self-taught radical who placed every confidence in spiritual revelation through dreams. Soon he and Müntzer were acting in concert.<ref>Tom Scott: Thomas Müntzer (1989)  {{rp|page=22}}</ref> In the following months, Müntzer found himself more and more at odds with Egranus, the local representative of the Wittenberg movement, and increasingly embroiled in riots against the local Catholic priests. The town council became nervous at what was going on at St Katharine’s, and in April of 1521 at last decided that enough was enough: Müntzer was dismissed from his post and was forced to leave Zwickau.{{fact|date=October 2016}}<eod>
<sod>St Katharine’s was the church of the weavers. Even before the arrival of Lutheran doctrines, there was already in Zwickau a reform movement inspired by the [[Bohemian Reformation|Hussite Reformation]] of the 15th century, especially in its radical, apocalyptic [[Taborite]] flavour. Amongst the Zwickau weavers this movement was particularly strong, along with spiritualism. [[Nicholas Storch|Nikolaus Storch]] was active here, a self-taught radical who placed every confidence in spiritual revelation through dreams. Soon he and Müntzer were acting in concert.<ref>Tom Scott: Thomas Müntzer (1989)  {{rp|page=22}}</ref> In the following months, Müntzer found himself more and more at odds with Egranus, the local representative of the Wittenberg movement, and increasingly embroiled in riots against the local Catholic priests. The town council became nervous at what was going on at St Katharine’s, and in April of 1521 at last decided that enough was enough: Müntzer was dismissed from his post and was forced to leave Zwickau.<ref>Tom Scott: Thomas Müntzer (1989)  {{rp|page=24}}</ref><eod>