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English
Description
Written in 1525 in response to the writings of Erasmus, "The Bondage of the Will" conveys Luther's beliefs on the issue of free will during the Protestant Reformation. Because of the fall of man, he debates with Erasmus on whether or not human beings are free to decide on good or evil. He asserts in this well written and uniquely styled work that we are incapacitated by sin, and human beings must rely on the complete sovereignty of God to redeem us...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 987 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An engrossing dual biography and fascinating intellectual history that examines two of the greatest minds of European history--Erasmus of Rotterdam and Martin Luther--whose heated rivalry gave rise to two enduring, fundamental, and often colliding traditions of philosophical and religious thought. Erasmus was the leading figure of the Northern Renaissance. At a time when Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael were revolutionizing Western art and culture,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Fortress Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xiv, 153-259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In autumn 1525, Luther wrote The Bondage of the Will as a response to humanist and theologian Erasmus of Rotterdam's On Free Will. Luther's treatise is important on four accounts: First, Luther wanted to show his own humanist education. Second, against Erasmus, who had maintained that the question of free will could not be decided just on the basis of the Bible, Luther stressed the clarity imbedded in Scripture. Third, Luther stressed that his denial...
Author
Series
Theologische Zeitschrift. Sonderband volume 3, 8
Pub. Date
1972
Physical Desc
2 volumes ; 25 cm.
Language
Deutsch
Author
Series
Classics in education volume no. 19
Pub. Date
1964
Physical Desc
xxx, 244 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
1977
Physical Desc
119 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
During the early 1500's, a young Swiss orphan defies his guardians in order to study with Erasmus, the Christian humanist whose desire for church reform grew from his ideas on faith, reason, and education.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
xviii, 118 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Captivation of the Will provocatively revisits a perennial topic of controversy: human free will. Highly esteemed Lutheran thinker Gerhard O. Forde cuts to the heart of the subject by reexamining the famous debate on the will between Luther and Erasmus. Following a substantial introduction by James A. Nestingen that brings to life the historical background of the debate, Forde thoroughly explores Luther's "Bondage of the Will" and the dispute...