[Andrew Byler]

The greatest good being the translation of Scripture into native tongues. Thus Scripture became available to all, not just an elite religious caste.

Actually, that was mostly brought about by the printing press, not by the Deformation. Without the printing press, translations (and there certainly were some) before both the Deformation and the printing press simply could not be mass produced.

[xzins]

Actually, we've established a few things.

We've already acknowledged that God's timing was ideal. The Reformation came at the time that the printing press showed up.

Second, this article is evidence of GREAT, EVIL CORRUPTION of that period. That corruption made the Reformation not just necessary, but also Godly.

[wmfights]

Deformation.

I'm unfamiliar with this, what are you trying to say?

If you are implying that all Christianity was united in submission to Roman domination prior to the Reformation I think you will find history proves this is false.