[RobbyS]

The fruits of the Reformation were division and violence. Luther was a very gift theologian and writer, but if he had been put to death as Huss was, Christendom might have been spared more than a hundred years of bloodletting and lasting hatred, and the kind of political division that almost allowed Europe to be overwhelmed by the Turk. That said, only God knows why he was spared. Perhaps some greater evil might have occurred if he had not.

[Biggirl]

Maybe Luther was spared because of the importance of the Catholic Church to discover or rediscover God’s Holy Bible word.

[Tao Yin]

if he had been put to death as Huss was

Ah, the good old days when the Roman Catholic Church could burn heretics or maybe saw them in half. Sigh. What's become of the world...

[boatbums]

It's foolish to imagine Luther was either the only person behind the Reformation or that Almighty God could have only relied upon one man to bring about the changes that HAD to be made in the Catholic church. Even though Rome succeeded in executing men like Jan Hus and William Tyndale (to the Roman Catholic church's everlasting shame), they could not stop the Word of God from being translated into the language of the people and awakening of hearts diligently seeking to know the truth.