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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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