Predestination is a very empowering belief. For example, it empowers me to see all your rambling on the matter is you trying to determine what my status is with God, which makes you a son of perdition.
Pretty convicting, you see. Neither pope or otherwise.. Calvinism doesn't leave any room for your shenanigans. Or perhaps you aren't aware of why the Reformation happened in the first place?
Must've been predestined
Are you a Catholic?