HUMA 1125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Erasmus Programme, Latin Literature, Purgatory
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During the renaissance, the multiplication of intellectual channels took place. Erasmus had many people who admired him, from spain and italy: this is because latin (common language) was understood by everyone. He was intellectually influential e. g. , many people wrote to him. Louvain erasmianism and inwardness (largely directed to god, not self: cellini is morally, psychologically, and emotionally embedded in his own world . Jesus) was crept in, not part of the bible; following this, the humanists are doing a purge. In the bible, there are no pilgrimages, papacy, relics, saints, and so on: erasmus says, go back to the sources! = creates a kind of. Reformation: according to him, religion is made up of charity, spirituality, and brotherhood. Providence requires religious labour in order to keep danger away = therefore, collective, not individual. It requires teamwork, for example people built stained windows so it will make god happy, the crusaders will have god smiling upon them if they kill non-christians.
