You wrote:
“Given the number of folks burned for reading scriptures in their own tongue, I’m not surprised there is rejoicing at the Reformation...or better called, Restoration.”
Name ONE person, just one person, “burned for reading scriptures in their own tongue.”
The Lollards. Bunches of them.
Of course, the CHARGE was heresy, but the proof was that they knew scripture in English. And what greater heresy could the Medieval Church have, then following scripture instead of the Pope?