Christian Humanism and the Reformation: Erasmus and Melanchthon

Authors

Carl S. Meyer, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

11-1-1970

Document Type

Article

Keywords

melanchthon, christian humanist, erasmus, humanism, reformation, reformer, olin, jerome, luther, maurer, stupperich

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

A closer examination of the relationship between Erasmus and Melanchthon - contemporaries who were both Christian humanists and ecclesiastical reformers, though they never met each other face to face - illuminates several significant aspects of the complex interrelationship between Christian humanism and the Reformation.

Disciplines

History of Christianity

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Meyer, Carl S. (1970) "Christian Humanism and the Reformation: Erasmus and Melanchthon," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 41, Article 60.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol41/iss1/60