Don’t be confused, several of the non-Catholics on this thread ARE NOT CHRISTIANS. They profess to be, but they are not. They are willing agents of Satan and will stop at nothing to advance his mission to destroy Christianity.
By definition, history and example Protestants take their identity not from what they positively affirm, but rather from that which they denounce.
The most virulent have taken their "Protestation" of the Catholic Church and made it the center of their faith. It is the fulcrum against which every issue of dogma and faith and every historical fact is leveraged. Whatever reflects positively on the Church and whatever the Church affirms they must denounce or lose their identity. It makes them small, petty, pitiful wretches. They do not blame themselves or their beliefs for their fringe status, but rather blame the Church for not accepting them as the intellectual and spiritual equals of the Fathers.
They huddle in their shrinking sects and cults working for the demise of that one entity that stands in the path of their undeserved parity, the Catholic Church.
Fortunately, they are nothing more than an irritant for those who permit them to be.
That is so true of some on this thread.