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A 7 page paper which compares Erasmus' 'Fraise of Folly' to
Luther's 'To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation.' Bibliography lists 2 additional
sources.
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7 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAerasms.rtf
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and oppression. They each, of course, had their own ideas, as well as ideals, concerning the way life, and religion, should be encountered and addressed. Bearing this in mind we
present the following paper which examines works from the two men, comparing them in the end. The paper first discusses Erasmus "Fraise of Folly" and then discusses Luthers "To the
Christian Nobility of the German Nation." A comparison follows. Erasmus In regards to Erasmus work we note that "It was written in 1509 to amuse Thomas More, on
whose name its Greek title Moriae Encomium is a pun, as a private allusion to their cooperation in translating Lucian some years earlier" (Anonymous Introduction: I. The Importance of the
Praise of Folly eracont2.htm). It was believed to be a work which moved deep into the intimate relationship the two shared at a time when Erasmus was ill and "disillusioned
at the state of the Church under Julius II, and perhaps uncertain whether he had been right to turn down the curial post of apostolic penitentiary and promise of further
preferment offered him if he stayed in Rome" (Anonymous Introduction: I. The Importance of the Praise of Folly eracont2.htm). In this work he "He tells us that he wrote
the Praise of Folly in a week, while staying with More and waiting for his books to turn up....The text as we have it now moves from lighthearted banter to
a serious indictment of theologians and churchmen, before finally expounding the virtues of the Christian way of life, which St. Paul says looks folly to the world and calls the
folly of the Cross (I Corinthians i, 18 ff.)" (Anonymous Introduction: I. The Importance of the Praise of Folly eracont2.htm). We see this sense of change as the work
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