Proud humbled
Jews were proud of their heritage as children of Abraham with the distinction of their temple.
God humbled them several times by destroying the temple. The last time was in 70 A.D. Since then they have no claim to fame: No temple, no forgiveness without sacrifices, and they cannot call upon the name of God for deliverance since they refuse to say his name יהוה.
Judaism no long has a truth claim.
Catholics claim legitimacy by way of inheritance of the priestly offices, and by the unity of the faith.
Both of these were broken in the Great Schism. East and West churches disagreed if the Spirit proceeded from the Father or the Father and the Son. The popes declared each other anathema, or cursed.
Catholicism lost any claim to truth when their unity was destroyed.
Now they have the reputation as those who deified Mary, conquered the laity, taught Balaamisms, and imported legalism from the Judaisers, killed those who didn't believe them, hid scriptures for 1200 years, and have a long history of pedophilia.
Any ritual you perform to receive grace is pagan. Baptism is the preaching of the cross in symbols, as are the other 'sacraments'. Nicolaitans (conquerors of the laity) want power over you, so they insist that they are the dispensers of grace in those rituals.
The Reformation proclaimed that all could read the scriptures.
The 'experts' of the Reformation in various flavors gathered to debate the topic of Sensus Plenior. This is a name used for the intended meaning of God in the scriptures which was hidden, even from the human authors.
The only thing that they could agree on was that they could not read the scriptures the way Jesus did.
This is a major black eye to the Reformation.
