catholics don't even understand what the reformation was about. this constant butthurt about protestants is why no one takes them seriously. rome acts like they are god. the reformation happened because rome was not in accordance to the preserved word of god, it is quite simple to understand this. there was massive corruption back then and false doctrine, as there is today, still. the church of rome does not repent, only when they are forced to do so, because everyone can read the scriptures now for 500 years.  the reformation was also an act of god, he prophesied it in revelation chapter 10, also 11. the reason why most people don't know this is because rome invented a counter-reformation plot to protect rome, which was futurism and "the antichrist's" coming, an invention by the jesuit francisco ribera. in chapter 10, it is written that what the seven thunders uttered shall not be written down, the seven thunders are rome, what rome has to say does not belong in the bible word. in chapter 11 we are given a measuring tool, the "reed", to measure the temple of god, which is christians (2corinthians 6:16), and the roman church does not fit in the temple, as we can measure with scripture now. the reformation wasn't some random happening for no reason whatsoever, or a monk that had an edgy day. this silly mis-understanding is why they lost relevance and nobody cares what rome has to say. and this is what luther had to say: > what is luther? the teaching is not mine. nor was i crucified for anyone  how did i, poor stinking bag of maggots that i am, come to the point where people call the children of christ by my evil name?  i simply taught, preached, wrote gods word; otherwise i did nothing. and while i slept, or drank wittenberg beer with my friends philip and amsdorf, the word so greatly weakened the papacy that no prince or emperor ever inflicted such losses upon it. i did nothing; the word did everything. - martin luther, march 10, 1522
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