Home/ Start here/ Glossary/ Bondage of the Will

Bondage of the Will

Luther's term (from his 1525 treatise of the same name, answering Erasmus) for the claim that, in matters of salvation, the human will is not free to choose God; a person contributes nothing to their own justification, which is entirely God's work.

In Doctrine — What Lutherans teach, and where it differs from neighbouring traditions.

← All glossary terms