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Collected Works of Erasmus

Controversies, Volume 82

Desiderius Erasmus author Clarence Miller editor James Farge editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:University of Toronto Press

Published:13th Nov '12

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Erasmus' humanistic approach to theology and biblical exegesis presented a shocking challenge to the theologians at the University of Paris, which had been dominated by scholastic theology for centuries. He engaged in a decade-long controversy over his theological, exegetical, and ethical positions with the Theological Faculty, and especially with their director, Noël Béda.

This volume—which translates this crucial quarrel from Latin for the first time—details the formal, wide-ranging attack on Erasmus' theories printed by the faculty in 1531, along with his two replies. Erasmus published his first rebuttal in the spring of 1532, and that fall issued a second edition with substantial revisions and lengthy additions to his original text. With an extensive introduction and detailed commentary by Clarence H. Miller and James K. Farge, this volume highlights the differences between the humanist and scholastic views of genuine theology more fully and extensively than most of Erasmus' other polemical works.

Volume 82 of the Collected Works of Erasmus series.

‘The volume meets the expectations of those who are familiar with the series - and that is not a small achievement.’

-- Craig Kallendorf * Neo-Latin News vol 61:1-2:20

ISBN: 9781442641150

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm

Weight: 880g

400 pages