The third of Martin Luther's 1520 treatises, also referred to as*A Treatise on Christian Liberty, this work focuses on the topics of justification and total salvation.*Boldly, unmistakably, and directly contrasting the teachings of the church, Luther argued for the truth he found in studying the Bible on his own.*Introducing, for the first time to many readers, the argument for justification through faith alone, he knocked down the idea of being dependent on additional sacraments, penances, and works for salvation.*In this treatise, Luther highlights the freedom found in God's unconditional love and the life-changing and transformative power found in a personal relationship with Christ.*This daring, published stance provided the sparks that ignited the Reformation as well as the invaluable push to individual believers to begin searching the Word themselves for God's truth.
