What are the religious political and social effects of reformation?

The effects of the reformation or the protestant revolt as it known by Catholic scholars, were dreadful, Christianity was split asunder, millions have been brought up away from the grace of Christ's Church and educated in error. The splintering has only gotten worse in the last century with those separated from the Church splitting from each other and getting further and further away from God.

The positive effects were the Counter-reformation and its dozens of outstanding saints and religious orders.