You failed to include the caveat "selective history".
"I never approved of a schism, nor will I approve of it for all eternity....That the Roman Church is more honored by God than all others is not to be doubted. St. Peter and St. Paul, forty-six Popes, some hundreds of thousands of martyrs, have laid down their lives in its communion, having overcome Hell and the world; so that the eyes of God rest on the Roman church with special favor....It is not by separating from the Church that we can make her better."
Martin Luther to Pope Leo X, 6 January 1519
**You failed to include the caveat "selective history".**
Very well said. Without Catholicism there would be no Lutherans today.
In fact, many Lutherans are returning to the Catholic Church.