Why Did the Author Say That the Term Counter-Reformation Is

Multiple Choice

Why did the author say that the term Counter-Reformation is really a misnomer?

A) Initiatives for reform preceded Luther and continued in the midst of the Protestant Reformation
B) Because Protestants were damned, there was nothing technically to counter
C) Luther did not consider himself a Protestant, so it should have been called the Contra-Luther Reformation
D) The Catholic Church declared that it had not erred, so there was nothing exactly to counter for itself