Why did Protestants split from Catholicism?

The Eastern Orthodox Church also claims apostolic succession, although their claim is very similar to the Roman Catholic view. The split between Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism did not occur until the “Great Schism” in A.D. 1054. read more

So those Protestants can be said to have “split from Catholicism”, because they rejected everything they couldn’t justify from scripture, and in practice act as though the history of the church jumped straight from the end of the book of Acts to themselves. read more

And finally after many sad and heartbreaking arguments and decisions, the Church split in half:"The Great Schism occurred in 1054 A.D. which separated the Christian Church into two parts, the Western Church known as the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Church known as the Orthodox Church. read more