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- Title
Thomas More: First and Best Apologist for Erasmus.
- Authors
Scheck, Thomas P.
- Abstract
Contrary to the legend that evolved in late sixteenth century Recusant More hagiography, of a distancing or even a breach in the spiritual and intellectual friendship between Thomas More and Erasmus of Rotterdam, the primary texts point to the persistence of an intimate bond between them. Even More's late letter to Erasmus informing him of his resignation addresses the matter of Erasmus's churchmanship and doctrinal reliability. Here we find More defending and praising the writings of Erasmus, and not merely against the rabid and ill-willed scholastic ignoramuses who had attacked his New Testament translation, but even against morally upright and well-meaning ecclesiastical scholars, who had failed to remove the beam from their own eyes before hypocritically endeavoring to pluck the speck out of Erasmus's. Thomas More adhered to the commendation of Erasmus published by Pope Leo X, and whether More's modern admirers like it or not, Thomas More remained for two decades Erasmus's first and best apologist.
- Subjects
MORE, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535; ERASMUS, Desiderius, d. 1536; APOLOGISTS (Christians); CHRISTIAN apologetics; FREE will &; determinism
- Publication
Moreana, 2021, Vol 58, Issue 1, p75
- ISSN
0047-8105
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3366/more.2021.0093