[Timmy]

And let us not forget the great John Wyclif (the "Morningstar of the Reformation") and John Hus, who set the stage 150 years before Luther. In fact, it could be argued that had the printing press been invented at the time (it came along about 1450), the Reformation would have occurred then.

[ArGee]

In fact, it could be argued that had the printing press been invented at the time (it came along about 1450), the Reformation would have occurred then.

I think the key was the peasant wars going on in Germany at the time. The peasants could see Lutheranism as a way to take a stand against the Church's support of the nobility. That might be the only reason there was a separation instead of a clensing. Politics always corrupts what G-d tries to do well.

Shalom.