Humanism

Desiderius Erasmus

Catholic Opponents of the Reformation

The prince of the humanists, whose Greek New Testament of 1516 served the Reformation, but who sought the moral reform of Rome rather than the recovery of the gospel and wrote against Luther on the freedom of the will.

#Erasmus #Roman Catholicism #Humanism #Greek New Testament #Basel #Martin Luther #Bondage of the Will

Joachim Vadian

Swiss Reformers

A short biography of Joachim Vadian (1484–1551), humanist, physician, and burgomaster who led the Reformation of St. Gall.

#Joachim Vadian #Ulrich Zwingli #Humanism #Swiss Reformation #Church and State

Not the Renaissance

By Manny Pereira Renaissance and Humanism

A contrast between the man-centered rebirth of Renaissance humanism and the God-centered recovery of the gospel in the Protestant Reformation.

#Renaissance #Humanism #Erasmus

Philip Melanchthon

German Reformers

A short biography of Philip Melanchthon (1497–1560), Luther’s colleague at Wittenberg, author of the Loci Communes and the Augsburg Confession, and the Preceptor of Germany.

#Philip Melanchthon #Augsburg Confession #Martin Luther #Wittenberg #Humanism #Education #Lutheranism

Why?

Who What When Where Why and How

Why the Reformation happened: the religious, intellectual, political, social, and economic causes.

#Church Corruption #Indulgences #Printing Press #Humanism #Politics #Economics