***I always find it ironic when anti-Catholics say things like, “only Catholics believe [fill in the blank],” and then have absolutely no explanation when they are told that not only did the Reformers retain these beliefs, but so do most present-day Protestants. ***
Even the late and unlamented Luther venerated Mary and believed in the transfiguration. Calvin, on the other hand, came up with his own pseudo sham and inconsistent theologies, so much so that before he died, there were already half a dozen main splits as well as countless other minor ones. The theologies of men versus the theology of Jesus the Christ.
They claim that the Bible can only be understood by the Holy Spirit’s help (true) and then they claim that their rendition of the Bible is not only true but the only true one (false on both counts).
To this day, traditional Lutheran beliefs about the Blessed Mother are nearly identical to what Catholics believe.