Erasmus of Rotterdam : : Advocate of a New Christianity / / Christine Christ von-Wedel.

• VerfasserIn: Christ von-Wedel, Christine,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.)

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 well-received 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. The result is a lively picture of the man and his time, in which Erasmus emerges as both a devout Christian and a critical seeker of truth who conceded the ambiguities that he could not resolve.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- One. Introduction -- Part One. Erasmus's Early Development -- Two. Yearning for the "Golden Age" -- Three. Historical Awareness -- Four. Neoplatonism -- Five. Erasmus's Edition of Lorenzo Valla's Collatio Novi Testamenti -- Fix. The Praise of Folly -- Part Two. The Exegetical Theologian -- Seven. The New Testament Scholar -- Eight. The Paraphrast -- Nine. How the Trinity Is Known -- Ten. On the Doctrine of Creation -- Eleven. On the Doctrine of God -- Twelve. On the Doctrine of Justification -- Thirteen. Handling of Doctrine -- Part Three. In Conflict with the Church Reformers -- Fourteen The Argument with Luther -- Fifteen. Erasmus and the Reformers in Zurich and Basel -- Part Four. Erasmus's Reform Ideas -- Sixteen. The Question of Law -- Seventeen. The Question of Peace -- Eighteen. Erasmus's Views on Women -- Nineteen. Conclusion: Erasmus as Advocate of a New Christianity -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Erasmus's Works -- Index of Scriptural Passages -- General Index