In most "WI: No Reformation" threads, it's pretty well established that there were a lot of non-theological factors that made a break from the Catholic Church likely in the 1500s: a corrupt church, the printing press, lots of small German states trying to assert their power. But could other religious movements without distinctive Protestant qualities (like sola fide and sola scriptura) have arisen from the same factors?
Such as: could a version of Conciliarism return, with more of an emphasis on checking the power of the Pope? Orthodoxy, or some version of it, resurface in the West? Nontrinitarian or other old heresies resurface?
Such as: could a version of Conciliarism return, with more of an emphasis on checking the power of the Pope? Orthodoxy, or some version of it, resurface in the West? Nontrinitarian or other old heresies resurface?