Life, Character & Influence of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, Volume 2 |
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... monks to serve their needs unfortunate errors ; and in this way the texts of many copies became corrupt in some small detail or other . The wonder is , however , not that there were errors in the copying of the Scriptures , but that ...
... monks to serve their needs unfortunate errors ; and in this way the texts of many copies became corrupt in some small detail or other . The wonder is , however , not that there were errors in the copying of the Scriptures , but that ...
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... monks , but these very letters of Erasmus which we are engaged in studying disprove all such general and misleading statements . Of the large body of his friends everywhere , probably the majority were learned monks ; and in this very ...
... monks , but these very letters of Erasmus which we are engaged in studying disprove all such general and misleading statements . Of the large body of his friends everywhere , probably the majority were learned monks ; and in this very ...
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... monk's habit , clothed himself in the finest of garments , ate sumptuously , and drank only delicate wines . We draw no comparisons amongst these three men , Erasmus , Jovinian , and Ximenes ; but the thought occurs to us that self THE ...
... monk's habit , clothed himself in the finest of garments , ate sumptuously , and drank only delicate wines . We draw no comparisons amongst these three men , Erasmus , Jovinian , and Ximenes ; but the thought occurs to us that self THE ...
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... have redounded to his eternal honor ; but he allowed his prejudices to overrule his judgment . This was his fatal error , for , 11Op . cit . , Vol . I , p . 309 . in yielding to his hatred of monks and theologians , 12 LIFE OF ERASMUS.
... have redounded to his eternal honor ; but he allowed his prejudices to overrule his judgment . This was his fatal error , for , 11Op . cit . , Vol . I , p . 309 . in yielding to his hatred of monks and theologians , 12 LIFE OF ERASMUS.
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... monks ; it is true there were badly equipped theologians ; it is true there were followers of the scholastic philosophy who sometimes busied themselves with problems that were absurd and undignified ; but all monks were not ignorant ...
... monks ; it is true there were badly equipped theologians ; it is true there were followers of the scholastic philosophy who sometimes busied themselves with problems that were absurd and undignified ; but all monks were not ignorant ...
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Page 325 - I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Page 353 - Come to me all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you ; take my yoke upon you, and you shall find rest to your souls.
Page 70 - Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the time of affliction come, and the years draw nigh of which thou shalt say: They please me not...
Page 100 - For dignity composed, and high exploit: But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropped manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason...
Page 136 - WE have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
Page 117 - The warring of them is not carnal but spiritual. For our warring is to pray, to read and study scriptures, to preach the word of God, to minister the sacraments of health, to do sacrifice for the people, and to offer hosts for their sins. For we are mediators and means unto God for men. The which...
Page 116 - Hath not this vice so grown and waxen in the Church as a flood of their lust, so that there is nothing looked for more diligently in this most busy time of the most part of priests than that that doth delight and please the senses? They give themselves to feasts and banqueting; they spend themselves in vain babbling; they give themselves to sports and plays; they apply themselves to hunting and hawking; they drown themselves in the delights of this world.
Page 108 - No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning.
Page 119 - ... courts for earthly things. For it is in the council of Chalcedon that monks ought only to give themselves to prayer and fasting, and to the chastening of their flesh, and observing of their rules.
Page 280 - I do not however disparage, (in their estimation it is almost more disgraceful not to be a Ciceronian than not to be a Christian...