[ A HISTORICAL DEBATE · SCORED ]

history talks back

You take a side in a historic debate. The opponent answers in their own century. A judge scores whether you landed the argument — not whether you sounded like you did.

[ MOMENTUM ]• LIVE

YOU

OPP

Luther — on free willground taken

[ HOW IT WORKS ]

⌠01

Pick a line

Each hall opens on three routes. Commit to one, or range. You win by finishing a line — or by landing enough of the map.

§02

Make the argument

Write it yourself. Cite the verse, name the father. A suggestion can point; only you can land the hit.

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The judge scores

Landed, embarked, or wander. The meter follows the ruling, not the flourish.

✓04

The chair rules

Hold the ground until they break, or the hour runs out. You leave with a certificate the chair wrote.

[ A TASTE OF THE DEBATE ]

ERASMUS · OPPONENT

“If the will were wholly bound, why should Scripture exhort us to choose life? Command implies capacity. Surely God does not mock His creatures with impossible demands.”

[ Judge ]opponent landed 1 argument · engage

YOU AS LUTHER

“A command is not proof of power, Desiderius — it is the mirror that shows us our lack of it. The Law says do this, and by it we learn we cannot. You mistake the ruler for the strength to reach it.”

landed 1 argumentengage

[ THE HALLS ]

DISPUTATION No. 01 · 1524–1525

Luther vs Erasmus
On Free Will

Wittenberg, 1525. Erasmus has published from Basel: the will is wounded, not a slave. You answer as Luther. The question is free will; the stake is salvation. Scripture, necessity, or the conscience — finish any one.

SCRIPTURE·NECESSITY·PASTORAL

DISPUTATION No. 02 · 1519

Luther vs Eck
On Scripture's Authority

June 1519, the Pleissenburg. Eck holds the floor and steers for the pope. History, the Petrine texts, or naked authority — press the last and he brings out Hus.

HISTORY·EXEGESIS·AUTHORITY

[ THE FLOOR IS YOURS ]

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The books went quiet. Take a side.