handbook for the christian knight desiderius erasmus 1503
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Handbook for the Christian Knight Desiderius Erasmus 1503Erasmus encountered an uncivilized, yet friendly soldier who was an acquaintance of Battus, Erasmus' close friend. On the request of the soldier's pious wife, who felt slighted by her husband's behavior, Battus asked Erasmus to write a text which would convince the soldier of the necessity of mending his ways, which he did. The resulting work was eventually re-drafted by Erasmus and expanded into the Enchiridion militis Christiani, The Enchiridion is an appeal on Christians to act in accordance with the Christian faith rather than merely performing the necessary rites. It became one of Erasmus' most influential works.TRANSCRIPT
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DESIDERIUS ERASMUS, THE MANUAL OF A CHRISTIAN KNIGHT (1501)
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Desiderius Erasmus was a Christian, humanist
scholar; the first editor of the New Testament;
a classicist; and a leading voice in the
theological debates of the early Reformation in
northern Europe. He contended with the
reformer Martin Luther (1483-1546),
emphasizing the importance of free will in
human actions against Luther’s belief in the
absolute bondage of the will to sin.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Erasmus’ very popular 16th century guide
book on how to live a moral, Christian life
while avoiding formal ritual and observances.
THE EDITION USED
A Book Called in Latin Enchiridion Militis
Christiani and in English The Manual of the
Christian Knight, replenished with the most
wholesome precepts made by the famous clerk
Erasmus of Rotterdam, to which is added a
new and marvellous profitable Preface
(London: Methuen and Co., 1905).
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