[Cronos]

As for the Protestants famous heretics-I would argue that Luther and Calvin just corrected errors that had crepted into the church

I agree about some of Luther's teachings and lesser of Calvin's -- but that's a theological debate. I do agree that the Protest Reformation did help clean some of the corruption of the Catholic church and I do believe that if Luther was aroudn now, he would find that most of his objections no longer exist in the current church. But then again, reformers have been popping up in the church again and again -- St. francis cleaned it up in the 12th century -- the difference being that these early reformers prefered to keep the church whole and purfiy it from the inside instead of breaking it up.

[OLD REGGIE]

St. francis cleaned it up in the 12th century -- the difference being that these early reformers prefered to keep the church whole and purfiy it from the inside instead of breaking it up.

Jan Hus attempted to reform from within and when he was invited to Rome under the promise of safe conduct to "discuss" the issues he ended up on a stake with a bonfire at his feet.

When Luther was also "invited" with a promise of safe conduct he might have been a little sceptical. No?