The seed was planted by the sinful men who claimed to speak for Christ on Earth, who murdered the saints and twisted the gospel to extort the people.

Communism comes from secret societies who are in enmity with God. The reformation did not create the revolutionary spirit anymore than you can say Jesus Christ started all revolutions by opposing the Pharisees of his day.

Rome started the process when they started adopting new heterodox doctrines and made a single man a head of the Church

I agree the problem is Rome being antiChrist rather than true Christians actually reading the Bible and rejecting them.