[edwinland]

The common thread, from Reformer to Reformer, was an undying commitment to the authority and sufficiency of Scripture, such that they were willing to sacrifice everything, including their own lives, to get the Word of God into the hands of the people.

As for the reformation in England, this paragraph could very accurately be rewritten:

The common thread, from Reformer to Reformer, was an undying commitment to the authority and sufficiency of Scripture, such that they were willing to sacrifice everything, including their own lives, the lives of innocent priests, monks and nuns, virtually all art, nearly all statues, hundreds of ancient Christian churches built as witness to the Glory of God, and most of the books in the great libraries of England, to get the Word of God as they interpreted it into the hands of the people."

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2013/10/08/a-sad-reminder-of-the-art-lost-in-the-years-after-the-reformation/

"The Tate estimates we lost 90% of our religious art. It was probably even more than that. The destruction was on a scale that far outstrips the modern efforts of Islamist extremists. And it was not only art we lost, but also books and music."

[daniel1212]

The Tate estimates we lost 90% of our religious art. It was probably even more than that.

You would think they learned that type of thing from somebody. Burning Christian literature and people also.

[RnMomof7]

"The Tate estimates we lost 90% of our religious art. It was probably even more than that. The destruction was on a scale that far outstrips the modern efforts of Islamist extremists. And it was not only art we lost, but also books and music."

Just fewer idols that all