What if Shakespeare helped start the Protestant Reformation?

Suppose in a parallel universe, William Shakespeare became a strong man of faith and...became an alternate catalyst for the Protestant Reformation?

In this timeline, William Shakespeare is born early enough to witness the events leading to the Protestant Reformation, becomes disillusioned with the teachings of Catholicism and becomes an alternate Reformer alongside John Wycliffe, John Calvin (1509–1564), Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560) and many others.

In this continuity, Shakespeare never becomes a playwright.

How does Shakespeare becoming one of the Protestant Reformers instead of a playwright affect his legacy?