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The Reformation · 1525
The Bondage of the Will
De Servo Arbitrio
Martin Luther · 1483–1546
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What it is
Luther's reply to Erasmus on free will, arguing that the human will is not neutral ground but is ridden by one rider or another, and that salvation is God's work from first to last.
Why it lasted
The book Luther himself thought worth keeping when the rest was forgotten, and the fault line — grace and human freedom — that has divided Western Christians ever since.
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Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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