Abstract
Martin Luther develops an understanding of the Gospel where freedom and servitude point to the same reality – the relationship between God and the human being – from two different and complementary perspectives. The notions of freedom and servitude, approached from a systematic perspective, are themselves polysemic and their articulations vary on anthropological, theological, soteriological, political and ethical levels. The Gospel founds freedom of conscience by freeing it from the servitude of sin and simultaneously by making it captive to the Spirit of freedom. Freedom is fulfilled in service.