[StAthanasiustheGreat]

It was ugly on both sides, that is a well known fact. It doesn't help when one acts like the violence and un-Christian acts only went one way. We had "Bloody" Mary I, in terms of religious charity and tolerance, Elizabeth I actually wasn't much better (though this is one Catholic who probably would have supported Elizabeth out of nationalistic reasons). There is blood on all sides, and that is truly regretable. God Bless

[txzman]

You are definitely right that both sides were guilty of horrors in the name of the same Bible.

My point should've been narrowed on the subject of the RCC not allowing English translations of the Bible in a time where most of the general populace did not understand Latin.

Ignorance of what was actually in the Bible was a source of power for the RCC. One had to rely on the Priests to protect one's soul - important in a time when life was generally hell to live through.