Even if I conceded these points, the separatists and protestants came about because the RC refused to be reformed from it's many errors. Both the 12 conclusions of the Lollards and Luther's 95 theses attempted to do so. However, the RC was dogmatic in it's errors, racking and burning dissenters by the thousands.
See Matthew 15:6 "...Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition."
If it were not for the separatists and protestants, you'd still be hearing mass in Latin and looking at Latin bibles, and having no idea whether what you heard was remotely Biblical! Ever been even a little curious why the RC fought so hard to keep the Bible out of the common tongue (especially English)?
“If it were not for the separatists and protestants, you’d still be hearing mass in Latin and looking at Latin bibles, and having no idea whether what you heard was remotely Biblical! Ever been even a little curious why the RC fought so hard to keep the Bible out of the common tongue (especially English)?”
Funny you say the above, as there has been a movemeny back to the traditional Latin Mass. When the Latin Mass was the default, you could go into any Catholic church anywhere in the world and know exactly what was going on during Mass. Now that the new Mass (Novus Ordo) is the default, the Mass is given in many tongues and the unity of the service that always existed prior to Vatican II, now doesn’t.
I might add that even with the Latin Mass, the English translation is right next to it in the printed word so everyone knows what the translation from Latin is. As Catholic children they all grew up with knowing what the Latin Mass meant in English or any other mother tongue of countries around the world,from the gitgo.