Something he never claimed to be BTW. Luther claimed as scriptures do, that the Apostles were THE Apostles and that was the end of them when John died.
okay, call him an exCatholic priest who demonstrated exceptional wickedness. Both Luther and Hitler proved to be rebellious, ex-communicated Catholics who shared a common, ancient, hatred of the Jews you can source to the serpent in Genesis or dragon in Revelation. They led millions who invoked, and millions more who still invoke, their names in solidarity with their AntiSemitism.