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Here is the rub.

Catholic theology allows for wicked popes and other leaders to be cast into utter darkness. It does not teach a "once saved, always saved" doctrine. It is a mortal wound to Reformation theology to admit Martin Luther will not inherit the Kingdom of God because of how he ended his days, and so it must grasp at every straw to overlook who he really was. Some fundamentalists (i.e., Baptists) can asset Luther was never really "saved" and so their theology dispenses with him and the mortal threat he poses to their profession.

Can you allow that Martin Luther is not saved ?

I do not know Martin luthers soul only God does But if his profession of faith in Christ in the small and large catechisms and the Augsburg confession is real he is most definitely saved Christ paid for our sins To be saved we need to repent, believe in Christ and His stoning sacrifice for us and be covered by His blood That is all. There is no sin Christs sacrifice cannot cover Mine included. Luthers antisemetism is no worse than any other sin and if he trusted Christ for his salvation it is blotted out completely