I think most reformed Protestants see the early reformers as only 1/2 step from Rome.. They really did want to stay Catholic and reform the doctrine to bring it more in line with scripture..
At heart they held fast to much of the catholic tradition.. especially Luther
I look at that church as an antiquity
Yes, but basically everything in the church is from the late 19th century or later.
That’s a perfect illustration of one of my chief frustrations with discussing anything with a protestant. There are literally thousands of “reform” or “protestant” sects, and then splits off of them, and splits off of splits.
All of them are vociferous, insistent on their own theology, and all of them have as an avocation criticizing the Catholics. I can’t keep them straight, and find it pointless to try. I suspect if all y’all didn’t have Catholics, you’d be trashing one another worse than you do us.