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While the Roman Catholic Church certainly derives it's origins from Jesus and the Apostles, it's formation is rooted squarely on the shoulders of Constantine. It took several centuries, well into the dark and middle ages for it to form completely. What emerged resembles nothing to that which existed before and bore no resemblance to the church of the Apostolic period or Ante-Nicene.
While Protestantism is mostly attributed to Luther, Calvin (16th C), and followed later by Wesley, the facts remain that in early church writings many were breaking away from the control of Rome's version of Christianity as early as the late 2nd century.
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