“Again. I am puzzled by those who feel the need to denigrate another’s beliefs”
Again. I am not puzzled by those who feel the need to say things that are contradictions to sound thinking.
You said Luther was not a heretic. The Church judged him to be so. Either he was or he wasn’t. If he wasn’t, then all of Christendom before him (even many other heretics who were heretics for OTHER REASONS) must be the heretics. Now, is it denigrating to anyone to say that? No, it’s just logic. Yet you insisted - with no logical support - that Luther was not a heretic. . . which means you’re saying the Church that decided he was a heretic is actually the heretic according to your logic. Is that denigrating to that Church? By your standards, it must be.
There must be truth. The truth is not denigrating. It just IS truth.
Considering the corruption and sin of the Catholic Church in Luthers time and the efforts to keep the scripture from people I tend to side with Luther
I will not discuss this further with you. You obviously are a roman. So be it. That won’t get you to heaven