“but they seem to ignore the many beliefs Luther also publicly affirmed that the same faith communities vehemently reject. “
Luther was instrumental in recovering the Gospel of Grace.
It fell to others to complete the work by examining the Scriptures.
From time to time, I see articles of this type posted by Catholics and I just have to shake my head. Do they think that Luther was our “pope” and we hold him to be infallible?
No, we don’t believe any of us are infallible. Luther was wrong on plenty of things, just like all of us are. So, we are not shamed when that is pointed out to us. Nor does it invalidate any of the things that he got right.