Author: Desiderius Erasmus

As part of his effort to make the Bible an effective instrument of reform in society, church, and everyday life, Erasmus composed the Paraphrases. ...

This volume includes Erasmus correspondence for the months April 1532 to April 1533, a period in which he feared a religious civil war in Germany. ...

In the months covered by this volume, Erasmus experienced sharply deteriorating health and thoughts of approaching death, although he remained acti...

Volume 18 in the Collected Works of Erasmus series covers the period from 1 April 1531 to 30 March 1532. The most persistent theme in the letters i...

This volume comprises Erasmus' correspondence during the final two years of his life, June 1534August 1536. In the public sphere it was a time of d...

Erasmus yearned to make the New Testament an effective instrument of reform in society, church, and everyday life, and to this end he composed the ...

Erasmus' humanistic approach to theology and biblical exegesis presented a shocking challenge to the theologians at the University of Paris, which ...

Assembled for the young Prince William of Cleves, Erasmus Apophthegmata consists of thousands of sayings and anecdotes collected from Greek and Lat...

Erasmus yearned to make the Bible an effective instrument of reform in society, church, and everyday life. To this end, he composed the Paraphrases...