lpetrich

As to Martin Luther's anti-Semitism, that sort of sentiment was common back then. ML simply went further than many others.

Also, during a revolt by some peasants that resulted in the Peasants' War, ML showed which side he was on in his tract "Against the Murderous and Thieving Hordes of Peasants"

For him, it would seem, freedom of conscience only applied to ecclesiastical matters.

But one may give him credit for objecting to the Church's sale of indulgences; one could purchase some forgiveness for one's sins and make it that much easier to get into Heaven.

I note in passing this comment from a Table Talk in 1539: "People gave ear to an upstart astrologer who strove to show that the earth revolves, not the heavens or the firmament, the sun and the moon. Whoever wishes to appear clever must devise some new system, which of all systems is of course the very best. This fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy; but sacred Scripture tells us that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, and not the earth."

In fairness, heliocentrism may have seemed absolutely absurd to him.