Discourse on Free Will - Softcover

Erasmus, Desiderius; Luther, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804461406 ISBN 13: 9780804461405

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 1985

Synopsis

Physical description; xiii, 138 pages ; 20 cm. Subjects; Erasmus, Desiderius -1536. — Free will. Luther, Martin 1483-1546. — Bondage of the will. Free will and determinism — Early works to 1800.

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Review

'[Discourse on Free Will] provides an example of two approaches to interpreting a theological tension - Erasmus maintains it and Luther tries to resolve it by absorbing one of the poles into the other. Even if the latter course often seems simpler, how often does it do justice to all the biblical evidence?' --Robby J. Kagarise Evangelical Journal

About the Author

Desiderius Eramsus (1466/9-1536) was the most renowned scholar of his age, a celebrated humanist and Classicist, and the first teacher of Greek at Cambridge. An influential figure in the Protestant Reformation, though without ever breaking from the Church himself, he satirised both human folly and the corruption of the Church. Martin Luther (1483-1546) was the founder of the German Reformation. His 95 Theses became a manifesto for reform of the Catholic Church and led to his being tried for heresy. He remained in Germany, Professor of Biblical Exegesis at the University of Wittenburg, until his death, publishing a large number of works, including three major treatises and a translation of the New Testament into German.

Edition details

• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Publication date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804461406
• ISBN 13: 9780804461405
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 152