“Was Luther perfect? No.”
No, but Jesus was.
“Is the RCC with its practices of idolatry and a priesthood not found in the NT perfect? No.”
Except there is no idolatry and the priesthood IS found in the NT. See, you actually have to make things up to attack the Catholic Church there. That actually hints at perfection logically.
“The Christian is to base their belief on what we have in the Word. It is the only inspired word we have from God.”
It always fascinates me that Protestants invent things about how the Word is to be viewed that are not actually “in the Word” and exclude the actual Word made flesh as well as the work of the Holy Spirit.
The idols of Mary say otherwise.