The Liberty of a Christian

One of the Reformation's landmark texts, this treatise presents two paradoxical theses: the Christian is lord of all and subject to none, yet servant of all and subject to all. Luther argues that justification by faith alone unites the soul to Christ in a spiritual marriage, making all Christ's righteousness the believer's own. The second half addresses how this freedom rightly issues in love and service toward neighbors — not to earn salvation, but as the natural overflow of a faith-filled heart. A concentrated, passionate, and enduring statement of evangelical freedom.