Christian theology

===Comparison among Protestants===
This table summarizes three Protestant beliefs on depravity.

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| '''Depravity and human will''' || For [[John Calvin|Calvin]], in Total Depravity<ref>Charles Partee, ''The Theology of John Calvin'' (Westminster John Knox, 2008), 129. "By total depravity Calvin means totally susceptible to sin."</ref> humanity possesses "free will,"<ref name="ReferenceA">John Calvin, ''Institutes of the Christian Religion'', trans. Henry Beveridge, III.23.2.</ref> but it is in bondage to sin,<ref name="ReferenceB">John Calvin, ''Institutes of the Christian Religion'', trans. Henry Beveridge, II.3.5.</ref> until it is "transformed."<ref name="ReferenceC">John Calvin, ''Institutes of the Christian Religion'', trans. Henry Beveridge, III.3.6.</ref> || For [[Martin Luther|Luther]], in Total Depravity<ref name=WELS-Compare/><ref>Robert L. Browning and Roy A. Reed, ''Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Moral Courage'' (Eerdmans, 2004), 113. "Luther did not mean by 'total depravity' that everything a person did was depraved. He meant that depravity, sin and wickedness can invade any and every part of life."</ref> humanity possesses free-will/free choice in regard to "goods and possessions," but regarding "salvation or damnation" people are in bondage either to God or Satan."<ref name="Henry Cole 1823">Henry Cole, trans, ''Martin Luther on the Bondage of the Will'' (London, T. Bensley, 1823), 66. The controversial term ''liberum arbitrium'' was translated "free-will" by Cole. However [[Ernest Gordon Rupp]] and Philip Saville Watson, ''Luther and Erasmus: Free Will and Salvation'' (Westminster, 1969) chose "free choice" as their translation.</ref> || For [[Jacobus Arminius|Arminius]], in Depravity<ref>Roger E. Olson, ''Arminian Theology: Myths and Realities'' (InterVarsity Press, 2009), 17. "Arminians of the heart emphatically do not deny total depravity," but prefer not to use the word.</ref> humanity possesses freedom from necessity, but not "freedom from sin" unless enabled by "[[prevenient grace]]."<ref name="Keith D 2012">Keith D. Stanglin and Thomas H. McCall, ''Jacob Arminius: Theologian of Grace'' (Oxford University, 2012), 157–158.</ref>
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