The Bondage of the Will: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Bondage of the Will, credited to Martin Luther, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Bondage of the Will, by Martin Luther, translated by Henry Cole. Read by Jonathan Lange. On the Bondage of the Will (Latin: 'De Servo Arbitrio', literally, "On Un-free Will", or "Concerning Bound Choice"), by Martin Luther, was published in December 1525. It was his reply to Desiderius Erasmus's De libero arbitrio diatribe sive collatio or On Free Will, which had appeared in September 1524 as Erasmus's first public attack on Luther, after being wary about the methods of the reformer for many years. At issue was whether human beings, after the Fall of Man, are free to choose good or evil. The debate between Luther and Erasmus is one of the earliest of the Reformation over the issue of free will and predestination. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Bondage of the Will
• Author credits: Martin Luther
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 15
• Listed recording duration: 12:30:37

Catalogue topics

• religion
• Christianity
• theology
• Protestantism
• Will
• Predestination
• Luther
• Erasmus

Track guide

1. 00 - Prefaces: Publisher and Translator — 9:02
2. 01 - Introduction of Martin Luther — 9:53
3. 02 - Sections 1-8: Erasmus' Preface, Scepticism, Knowledge of God — 39:09
4. 03 - Sections 9-27: The Sovereignty of God — 1:13:46
5. 04 - Sections 28-40: Exordium — 1:12:30
6. 05 - Sections 41-58: Discussion, Part I-a — 1:11:21
7. 06 - Sections 59-75: Discussion, Part I-b — 1:12:48
8. 07 - Sections 76-90: Discussion, Part II-a — 57:01
9. 08 - Sections 91-110: Discussion, Part II-b — 1:12:25
10. 09 - Sections 111-125: Discussion, Part II-c — 59:07
11. 10 - Sections 126-134: Discussion, Part II-d — 35:31
12. 11 - Sections 135-145: Discussion, Part III-a — 45:09
13. 12 - Sections 146-155: Discussion, Part III-b — 38:48
14. 13 - Sections 156-168: Discussion, Part III-c — 49:07
15. 14 - Appendices — 45:08

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