Great assertiones, et Christianismum tulisti

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Tolle assertiones, et Christianismum tulisti is a Latin sentence from Martin Luther's programmatic writing De servo arbitrio : cancel the fixed statements and you have canceled Christianity (WA 18, 603, 28f = BoA 3, 98, 14f = StA 3, 181 , 13f = LDStA 1, 228, 6f).

With this sentence Luther turns against the hermeneutical skepticism of Erasmus of Rotterdam , who, striving for peace and balance, fundamentally questions the possibility of conclusive statements.

Luther does not enter into the general logical and epistemological presuppositions of Erasmian skepticism, but rather starts from the sentence that defines Christianity: Jesus is Lord (cf. Rom 10 : 9; 1 Cor 12 : 3). According to Luther, this confession decides life and death in time and eternity. All other dogmas develop this proposition and have validity from it.

The adherence to the formulated confession against a contourless enthusiasm is in the further course of the Reformation one of the front lines against the so-called enthusiasts (see spiritualism ).