This compilation of writings from Erasmus and Luthers great debateover free will and grace, and their respective efficacy for salvationoffers a fuller representation of the disputants main arguments than has ever been available in a single volume in English. Included are key, corresponding selections from not only Erasmus conciliatory A Discussion or Discourse concerning Free Will and Luthers forceful and fully argued rebuttal, butwith the battle now joinedfrom Erasmus own forceful and fully argued rebuttal of Luther. Students of Reformation theology, Christian humanism, and sixteenth-century rhetoric will find here the key to a wider appreciation of one of early modern Christianitys most illuminating and disputed controversies.
