[jyoders19]

The author should recognize that it was Martin Luther - and his translation of the Holy Bible - that allowed him to know so much about both the Catholic and Protestant traditions and from whence they came.

[Cronos]

The author should recognize that it was Martin Luther - and his translation of the Holy Bible - that allowed him to know so much about both the Catholic and Protestant traditions and from whence they came.

Where do you get that?? Martin Luther was not the first to translate The Bible from it's original languages (it was originally in Hebrew and Koine Greek) -- that honor goes to the compilers of the Latin Vulgate translation.

The Church was perhaps too over-zealous to prevent mis-translations of The Bible into the new languages like German, English etc (remember that English wasn't standardised until well past Shakespeare's day).

Luther didn't open The Bible to let people know about tradition -- people read Latin far more easily in those days --- in the middle ages to be educated, you KNEW latin. Most people were illerate hence the passion plays teaching them about Christ and The Bible.