The Vocation of Erasmus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20145752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard J Schoeck |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 35 (Number 135 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 203-218 |
| Publication date | 1998-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Moreana (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-8105 • E-ISSN: 2398-4961 |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/more.1998.35.3-4.13 |
| OpenAlex | W2501739719 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
Using vocation in its core sense of a call from God to follow a personal path with a definite mission, the author reads Erasmus’ life as the progressive implementation of that heaven-assigned task; he sees no basic discontinuity between Erasmus’ youth as a student of the Brethren of the Common Life, then as an Augustinian canon, and in his independent career as a pious priest busy editing the New Testament and the Church fathers. Even his secular writings, such as the Adages and the Colloquies, breathe the spirit of devotio moderna. His last masterpiece, Ecclesiastes, is a treatise on preaching
Art · Art history · Canon · Erasmus · Heaven · Literature · New Testament · The Renaissance · Theology · Classics · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |