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Agreed. And since Luther believed he was following Christ by upholding the historic Christian teaching on Mary's perpetual virginity, you would do well to imitate his example. As Saint Paul said, "Be imitators me me, as I am of Christ" (1 Cor. 11:1).

And so ... I do and will follow Luther ... as he, in turn, follows Christ. To the extent that he doesn't, I will opt for another example (Christ comes to mind).

I also note that, when the Apostle Paul penned these words, ... the example of Christ, Himself, would have been much harder to come by (being in the process of being written and all), so ... Paul's example might be the very best one available.

Today, however, I have no such excuse, for the example of Christ is readily available to me, so, I can simply cut out all of the middlemen and follow Christ, so purely as His example is penned in the holy scriptures.

A great blessing indeed.

"Today, however, I have no such excuse, for the example of Christ is readily available to me, so, I can simply cut out all of the middlemen and follow Christ, so purely as His example is penned in the holy scriptures."

The example of Christ has always been available to every Christian. You are no exception. And far from "cutting out the middlemen," as you say, the Bible urges us to do the opposite:

The Catholic approach to this issue is to always be "Looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith" (Hebrews 12:2), and at the same time we "Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God; consider the outcome of their life, and imitate their faith" (Hebrews 13:7).

I also note that, when the Apostle Paul penned these words, ... the example of Christ, Himself, would have been much harder to come by (being in the process of being written and all), so ... Paul's example might be the very best one available.

Today, however, I have no such excuse, for the example of Christ is readily available to me, so, I can simply cut out all of the middlemen and follow Christ, so purely as His example is penned in the holy scriptures.

You seem to miss that the "Example of Christ" was taught, first, by word of mouth. There is no reason to believe that there was little teaching available prior to the writing of the NT.