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'''''On the Bondage of the Will''''' (Latin: '''''De Servo Arbitrio''''', literally, "On Un-free Will", or "Concerning Bound Choice") by [[Martin Luther]] argued that people can achieve salvation or redemption only through God, and could not choose between good and evil through their own willpower. It was published in December 1525 as a reply to [[Desiderius Erasmus']] [[De libero arbitrio diatribe sive collatio]] or ''On Free Will'', which had appeared in September 1524 as Erasmus' first public attack on Luther. | '''''On the Bondage of the Will''''' (Latin: '''''De Servo Arbitrio''''', literally, "On Un-free Will", or "Concerning Bound Choice") by [[Martin Luther]] argued that people can achieve [[salvation]] or [[redemption]] only through [[God]], and could not choose between good and evil through their own willpower. It was published in December 1525 as a reply to [[Desiderius Erasmus']] [[De libero arbitrio diatribe sive collatio]] or ''On Free Will'', which had appeared in September 1524 as Erasmus' first public attack on Luther. | ||
The [[debate]] between Erasmus and Luther is one of the earliest of the [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]] over the issue of free will and [[predestination]], between [[synergism]] and [[monergism]]. | The [[debate]] between Erasmus and Luther is one of the earliest of the [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]] over the issue of free will and [[predestination]], between [[synergism]] and [[monergism]]. | ||