Controversy thumb|Private letter in which Luther says Agricola is "a liar". In 1536 he was recalled to teach in Wittenberg, and was welcomed by Luther.Lutheran Cyclopedia entry on Agricola, John. Almost immediately, however, a controversy, which had been begun ten years before and been temporarily silenced, broke out more violently than ever. Agricola was the first to teach the views which Luther was the first to stigmatize by the name Antinomian, maintaining that while non-Christians were still held to the Mosaic law, Christians were entirely free from it, being under the gospel alone. (See also: Law and Gospel). The controversy made the two theologians break apart. Philip Melanchthon taught that it was necessary to do good works, but they were an outgrowth of faith and not the reason for receiving forgiveness. Agricola felt that Melanchthon's view of the law was at odds with Luther's. Agricola felt there was no need for the law after justification possibly ignoring the idea that someone could still fall from faith. This may be closer to the Calvinistic view of "Once saved, Always saved".
Controversy thumb|Private letter in which Luther says Agricola is "a liar". In 1536 he was recalled to teach in Wittenberg, and was welcomed by Luther.Lutheran Cyclopedia entry on Agricola, John. Almost immediately, however, a controversy, which had been begun ten years before and been temporarily silenced, broke out more violently than ever Agricola was the first to teach the views which Luther was the first to stigmatize by the name Antinomian, maintaining that while non-Christians were still held to the Mosaic law, Christians were entirely free from it, being under the gospel alone. (See also: Law and Gospel). The controversy made the two theologians break apart. Philip Melanchthon taught that it was necessary to do good works, but they were an outgrowth of faith and not the reason for receiving forgiveness. Agricola felt that Melanchthon's view of the law was at odds with Luther's. Agricola felt there was no need for the law after justification possibly ignoring the idea that someone could still fall from faith. This may be closer to the Calvinistic view of "Once saved, Always saved".