[vladimir998]

“Yeah, I guess the RCE was really keen on bringing the Bible out of the monastery down to the common man’s vernacular so he could read it for himself.... Oh, wait....”

Much of the Bible always existed in the vernacular. Most Protestants live in a twilight world of myths regarding Bible translation in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period.

http://www.jhsonline.org/cocoon/JHS/a115.html

[SoFloFreeper]

Yes, the RCE was keen on getting the vernacular translations into the hands of the common man. Endorsed it, in fact. Remember all the monies the popes spent getting the Bible out to the peasants?

The article is indeed interesting...reads very much like a polemic wrapped in footnotes. The design? To attempt to denigrate Luther's contributions to Christianity.

Not a mention of Hus, either.