▁not ing ▁that ▁a ▁" v ocation " ▁from ▁God ▁was ▁no ▁longer ▁limited ▁to ▁the ▁cler gy ▁or ▁church , ▁but ▁applied ▁to ▁any ▁occupation ▁or ▁trade . ▁We ber ▁had ▁always ▁det ested ▁Luther an ism ▁for ▁the ▁serv ility ▁it ▁inspired ▁toward ▁the ▁b ureau cr atic ▁state . ▁When ▁he ▁discussed ▁it ▁in ▁the ▁Protest ant ▁Eth ic , ▁he ▁used ▁Luther an ism ▁as ▁the ▁chief ▁example ▁of ▁the ▁un io ▁myst ica ▁that ▁contrast ed ▁sharp ly ▁with ▁the ▁asc etic ▁post ure . ▁Later ▁he ▁would ▁associate ▁" L uther , ▁the ▁symbol ic ▁exponent ▁of ▁b ureau cr atic ▁desp ot ism , ▁with ▁the ▁asc etic ▁host ility ▁to ▁E ros ▁— ▁an ▁example ▁of ▁We ber ' s ▁sp or adic ▁t endency ▁to ▁link ▁together ▁b ureau cr atic ▁and ▁asc etic ▁modes ▁of ▁life ▁and ▁to ▁opp ose ▁both ▁from ▁myst ical ▁and ▁arist ocr atic ▁pers pect ives ." ▁ ▁However , ▁We ber ▁saw ▁the ▁ful fill ment ▁of ▁the ▁Protest ant ▁eth ic ▁not ▁in ▁Luther an ism , ▁which ▁was ▁too ▁concerned ▁with ▁the ▁reception ▁of ▁divine ▁spirit ▁in ▁the ▁soul , ▁but ▁in ▁Cal vin istic ▁forms ▁of ▁Christian ity . ▁The ▁tr end ▁was ▁carried ▁further ▁still ▁in ▁Piet ism . ▁The ▁Bapt ists ▁dil uted ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁the ▁calling ▁relative ▁to ▁Cal vin ists , ▁but ▁other ▁aspects ▁made ▁its ▁con greg ants ▁fert ile ▁soil ▁for ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁capital ism —