text: The reformation was not an accomplishment but a tragedy. Christ prayed that they may become one. Certain good things did emerge from the reformation (because God draws good from evil) like the counter reformation, but the fracture of Christ's flock in the west cannot be celebrated. Unlike some, I don't think Luther was an evil man by any means. I view him as a tragic figure. If he had not left the Church he could have been the next Saint Francis of Assisi; a great former who "rebuilt" the church through his witness and holy example. There would be Saint Luther churches all over and western Christianity would be united. In my view, it is a tragedy history did not go this way.