Title: Erasmus of Rotterdam : advocate of a new Christianity /
Authors: Christ-von Wedel, Christine,
Publisher: University of Toronto Press,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Erasmus, Desiderius,; Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc. History; Theology, Doctrinal History
Abstract: This book provides the first analysis of the development of Erasmus' historical methodology and its impact on Roman Catholic and Protestant theologians. Combining a biography of Erasmus with the larger theological debates and the intellectual history of his time, Christine Christ-von Wedel reveals many of previously unexplored influences on Erasmus, as well as his influences on his contemporaries. Erasmus of Rotterdam is a revised and considerably enlarged translation of Christ-von Wedel's 2003 study, originally published in German. Observing the influence of classical, biblical, patristic, scholastic, and late medieval vernacular and popular sources on Erasmus' writing, the author provides comparisons with theologians Agrippa, Lefèvre d'Étaples, Eck, Luther, and Zwingli to demonstrate not only the singularity of Erasmus' intellect, but also the enormous impact he had on the Reformation.--Publisher description.
Contents: Yearning for the "Golden Age" : early poems and letters in the monastery -- Historical awareness : Antibarbari, Letter to Thomas Grey, Three poems from 1499, Precatio ad Virginis filium Jesum, Encomium matrimonii -- Neoplatonism : Enchiridion, Letters -- Erasmus's edition of Lorenzo Valla's Collatio Novi Testamenti -- The praise of folly -- The New Testament scholar : Novum instrumentum, Methodus, Letters -- The paraphrast : paraphrases of the Gospels -- How the Trinity is known : paraphrases and annotations -- On the doctrine of creation : Paraphrase of John, Colloquia puerpera, Problema, and Amicitia -- On the doctrine of God : the Paraphrase of John's prologue -- On the doctrine of justification : Annotations and paraphrases on Romans and Galatians -- Handling of doctrine : the Explanation of the Apostles' Creed -- The argument with Luther : Letters, De libero arbitrio, Interpretations of Romans 9 -- Erasmus and the Reformers in Zurich and Basel : Letters, Advice for the Council of Basel, Contra Pseudevangelicos -- The question of law : Annotation on I Corinthians 7:39, Institutio matrimonii, Epistola de interdictu carnium, Letters, Epistola de delectu ciborum scholia, Responio ad Phimostomum de divortio -- The question of peace : Institutio principis christiani, Querela pacis, Dulce bellum inexpertis, Consultatio de bello Turcico, Declarationes ad censuras Facultatis Theologiae Parisiensis -- Erasmus's views on women : Christiani matrimonii institutio, De vidua christiana -- Erasmus as advocate of a new Christianity : Purgatio, Ecclesiastes, Letters.