Institutes of the Christian Religion
1536 · 1059 pages
Calvin set all of Protestant belief in order: who God is, what humanity became, and how grace arrives unearned to those God has chosen. Reformed churches have run on this book ever since.
★ 6.8
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On the Bondage of the Will
1525 · 328 pages
Erasmus said the will helps choose salvation. Luther answered that it is a beast ridden by God or Satan, never choosing its rider. Protestants have argued about grace on his terms ever since.
★ 6.8