Luther and Erasmus: Free Will and SalvationErnest Gordon Rupp, Philip Saville Watson Westminster John Knox Press, 1969 M01 1 - 348 pages This volume includes the texts of Erasmus's 1524 diatribe against Luther, De Libero Arbitrio, and Luther's violent counterattack, De Servo Arbitrio. E. Gordon Rupp and Philip Watson offer commentary on these texts as well. Long recognized for the quality of its translations, introductions, explanatory notes, and indexes, the Library of Christian Classics provides scholars and students with modern English translations of some of the most significant Christian theological texts in history. Through these works--each written prior to the end of the sixteenth century--contemporary readers are able to engage the ideas that have shaped Christian theology and the church through the centuries. |
Contents
PREFATORY OBSERVATIONS | 35 |
INTRODUCTION TO THE DISPUTATION | 42 |
Works and Faith | 49 |
37 | 59 |
EXAMINATION OF LUTHERS ARGUMENTS IN HIS Assertio | 74 |
What Merit Is There Without Free Choice? | 84 |
The Extravagances of Those Who Totally Deny Free | 91 |
As to Which Side Is Right Let the Reader Be Judge | 97 |
REFUTATION OF ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT OF FREE CHOICE | 169 |
God Preached God Hidden Gods Will Revealed Gods | 200 |
The Ques | 208 |
Erasmus Arguments Undermine His Own Case | 215 |
Congruous and Condign Merit | 309 |
Free Choice Is of the World the Flesh | 319 |
The Two Kingdoms of Christ and of Satan The Assurance | 327 |
On the Adagia of Erasmus | 335 |
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