Augustine there when he speaks of “servum potius quam liberum arbitrium” does so in another sense, though Luther saw fit to borrow the expression for the title of his own later work of 1525: “De servo arbitrio.
His determinism, with its “servum arbitrium,” left no room for actual grace to perform any real work; this he admits more plainly of the time preceding justification than of that which follows it.
The ninth canon in this collection is the following: Si quis servum suum ad altare manumiserit, liber esto, et habilis sit ad gaudendum hereditate et wirigildo, et fas sit ei ubi volet sine limite versari.
And I said then with Simeon: "Nunc dimittis servum tuum, Domine, secundum verbum tuum, in pace.
It is scarcely comprehensible how, after such wanderings out of the right path and the exhibition of such mental confusion, Luther could proclaim so loudly the victory of his “servum arbitrium.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "servum" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
