[Quix]

At every corner, the Reformers looked at what priests are doing, and invented a theology to bypass the priest.

NO! A thousand times no!

CHRIST DID THAT
AT THE CROSS.

The reformers were merely returning to Christ's model that He paid so much for.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping to the sidebar!

Truly I wouldn't venture a guess as to motives of the Reformers or the Councils which preceded them beyond this: any purpose they may have had that was other than the will of God will be (or has been) loss.