Erasmus and the Non-Christian World
Throughout his writings, Erasmus emphasized the necessity of reform within the Latin Christian world in order to protect Christian community better against Schismatics and Turks on the eastern and south-eastern borders and to bring Christianity to the New World, which was in Erasmus’ eyes a Land of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2012
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Yearbook
Year: 2012, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 69-83 |
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| Summary: | Throughout his writings, Erasmus emphasized the necessity of reform within the Latin Christian world in order to protect Christian community better against Schismatics and Turks on the eastern and south-eastern borders and to bring Christianity to the New World, which was in Erasmus’ eyes a Land of Promise. All this places Erasmus in an oppressive dilemma: the defence of Latin Christianity and the mission to the New World could not be realized without the violence of war, which Eramus abhorred but nevertheless justified. |
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| ISSN: | 1874-9275 |
| Contains: | In: Erasmus of Rotterdam Society, Yearbook
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18749275-00000006 |