Luther did mighty things, but he never overcame all of the wrong ideas he picked-up from Rome and the Rome-dominated culture in which he lived. I don’t excuse any wrong he did.
It’s interesting how so many decry Luther’s anti-Semitism while conveniently overlooking where he learned it. Where are your denunciations of that famous 19th century anti-Semite, Pope Pius IX? Why did John Paul II beatify Pius IX? Why did Rome beatify someone who beatified an anti-Semite?
Let’s just take a look at Luther’s contemporary, Pope Pius V, who was made a saint for his efforts:
http://www.zionism-israel.com/hdoc/Papal_Bulls_Jews.htm
...Besides usury, through which Jews everywhere have sucked dry the property of impoverished Christians, they are accomplices of thieves and robbers; and the most damaging aspect of the matter is that they allure the unsuspecting through magical incantations, superstition, and witchcraft to the Synagogue of Satan and boast of being able to predict the future.
We have carefully investigated how this revolting sect abuses the name of Christ and how harmful they are to those whose life is threatened by their deceit.
On account of these and other serious matters, and because of the gravity of their crimes which increase day to day more and more, We order that, within 90 days, all Jews in our entire earthly realm of justice — in all towns, districts, and places — must depart these regions...
Why do you think I do not denounce them too? The subject was Martin Luther.