Faith and Piety in Erasmus's Thought
Erasmus's understanding of faith and piety corresponds to his use of the allegorical and tropological method. Just as the Christological and the ethical interpretation perform metaphorical functions between letter and spirit by showing the proper and the broader meaning of the text, so faith ex...
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| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1989
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1989, Volume: 20, Issue: 2, Pages: 241-258 |
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| Summary: | Erasmus's understanding of faith and piety corresponds to his use of the allegorical and tropological method. Just as the Christological and the ethical interpretation perform metaphorical functions between letter and spirit by showing the proper and the broader meaning of the text, so faith expresses one's specific relation to God in Christ, whereas piety includes the general scope of moral behavior. Faith reveals the absolute priority of grace over nature, but piety relates the natural virtues to the way of salvation. Erasmus insisted on the exclusiveness of grace and faith while reserving a preparatory, ancillary, and concomitant function to natural morality and Christian charity. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2540661 |