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Desiderius Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus. Erasmus (1466-1536). Despite a chronic shortage of money, he succeeded in learning Greek by an intensive, day-and-night study for three years. Scholar and Reformer.

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Desiderius Erasmus

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  1. Desiderius Erasmus

  2. Erasmus (1466-1536) • Despite a chronic shortage of money, he succeeded in learning Greek by an intensive, day-and-night study for three years.

  3. Scholar and Reformer • Erasmus felt called upon to use his learning in a purification of the doctrine and in a liberalizing of the institutions of Christianity.

  4. Greek New Testament • Erasmus dedicated his work to Pope Leo X as a patron of learning and regarded this work as his chief service to the cause of Christianity.

  5. Martin Luther • Only as an independent scholar could Erasmus hope to influence the reform of religion.

  6. The Adages • “In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.”

  7. Education of a Christian Prince • The prince should be loved, and he suggested that the prince needed a well-rounded education in order to govern justly and benevolently to avoid becoming an oppressor.

  8. Pope Leo X • “Nobody is further from wisdom than those people with their grand titles, learned bonnets, splendid sashes and bejeweled rings, who profess to be wisdom’s peak.”

  9. The Reformation • R.C. Trench wrote: “Erasmus laid the egg of the Reformation and Luther hatched it.”

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