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Abbreviations | |
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Introduction | |
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The Erasmian Enigma | |
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The Lutheran Riposte | |
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The Language of the Debate | |
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Erasmus: On the Freedom of the Will | |
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Prefatory Observations | |
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Erasmus Acknowledges His Limitations and States His Point of View | |
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His Dislike of Assertions | |
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The Obscurity of Scripture | |
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Some Truths Are Not for Common Ears | |
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The Dangers Inherent in Luther's Teachings | |
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Introduction to the Disputation | |
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Luther Is Opposed Not Only by Scripture but Also by Weighty Authority of the Church Fathers | |
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How Can Inspiration and Authority Be Tested? | |
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Scripture Passages That Support Free Choice | |
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Definition of Free Choice and Discussion of Ecclesiasticus 15:14-17 | |
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Man Before and After the Fall: The Forgiveness of Sins Restores Freedom of Choice Through Grace | |
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The Work of the Will, and the Threefold Law of Nature, Works, and Faith | |
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Different Kinds of Grace, and Three Views of Its Relation to Free Choice | |
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Further Old Testament Passages Implying Free Choice | |
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New Testament Texts Examined. Matthew 23:37 and Other Words of Christ | |
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St. Paul Also Is a Champion of Free Choice | |
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Scripture Passages That Seem to Oppose Free Choice | |
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Exodus 9:12; Romans 9:17: The Hardening of Pharaoh's Heart | |
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The Problem of the Will and Foreknowledge of God | |
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Two Kinds of Necessity: The Case of Judas | |
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Jacob and Esau | |
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The Potter and the Clay | |
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Examination of Luther's Arguments in His Assertio | |
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Genesis 6:3: The Meaning of "Flesh" and "Spirit" | |
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The Will Is Not Powerless Though It Cannot Attain Its End Without Grace | |
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Man's Cooperation with God | |
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What Merit Is There Without Free Choice? | |
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Epilogue | |
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A Reasonable Approach to the Problem | |
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A Mediating View, and a Parable of Grace and Free Choice | |
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The Extravagances of Those Who Totally Deny Free Choice | |
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The Dire Results of Exaggerated Views | |
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As to Which Side Is Right, Let the Reader Be Judge | |
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Luther: on the Bondage of the Will | |
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Introduction | |
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Luther Explains His Delay in Replying and Admits Erasmus' Superior Talent | |
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Review of Erasmus' Preface | |
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Christianity Involves Assertions; Christians Are No Skeptics | |
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The Clarity of Scripture | |
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It is Vital to Know the Truth About Free Choice | |
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God's Foreknowledge; Contingence and Necessity | |
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Should Divine Truth Be Kept from Common Ears? | |
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Should the Truth of God's Necessitating Will Be Suppressed? | |
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Divine Necessity and the Human Will | |
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Comments on Erasmus' Introduction | |
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The Evidence of Tradition on Behalf of Free Choice | |
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The True Church, Which Does Not Err, Is Hidden from Men's Sight | |
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Scripture, with its "Internal" and "External" Clarity, as the Test of Truth | |
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Refutation of Arguments in Support of Free Choice | |
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Erasmus' Definition of Free Choice | |
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Three Views of Grace and Free Choice--or Three Statements of One View? | |
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Ecclesiasticus 15:14-17. The Foolishness of Reason | |
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Other Old Testament Passages, and the Imperative and Indicative Moods | |
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Erasmus' Failure to Distinguish Between Law and Gospel | |
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God Preached, God Hidden; God's Will Revealed, God's Will Secret | |
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New Testament Passages: Matthew 23:37--Man Must Not Pry Into the Secret Will of God | |
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Precepts and Rewards in the New Testament: The Question of Merit | |
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Erasmus' Arguments Undermine His Own Case | |
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Defense of Arguments Against Free Choice | |
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Erasmus' Use of Tropes in Interpreting Scripture | |
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Exodus 4:21--The Hardening of Pharaoh's Heart | |
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How God's Omnipotence Can Be Said to Work Evil | |
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How God's Foreknowledge Imposes Necessity | |
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Two Kinds of Necessity: The Case of Judas | |
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Jacob and Esau | |
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The Potter and the Clay | |
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Erasmus' Way of Reasoning Does Not Let God Be God | |
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Rebuttal of Erasmus' Critique of the Assertio | |
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Genesis 6:3 and the Biblical Meaning of "Flesh" | |
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Other Old Testament Passages--The Universal Sinfulness and Impotence of Man Under the Law | |
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The Whole Man--Body, Soul, and "Spirit"--Is "Flesh" | |
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How Erasmus Persistently Evades the Issue | |
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John 15:5, etc.: Free Choice Is "Nothing"--Coram Deo | |
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Divine Grace and Human Cooperation | |
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A Display of the Forces on Luther's Side | |
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St. Paul: Universal Sinfulness Nullifies Free Choice | |
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Free Choice May Do the Works of the Law but Not Fulfill the Law | |
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"Congruous" and "Condign" Merit | |
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The Righteousness of Works and of Faith; and a Summary of St. Paul's Testimony Against Free Choice | |
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St. John: Free Choice is of "the World," "the Flesh"; Grace is of Christ, by Faith. The Two Are Opposites | |
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The Two Kingdoms, of Christ and of Satan. The Assurance of Faith | |
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The Mercy and Justice of God in the Light of Nature, Grace, and Glory | |
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Conclusion | |
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That the Case Against Free Choice is Unanswerable Let Erasmus Be Willing to Admit | |
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On the Adagia of Erasmus | |
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Indexes | |