Paraclesis Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

In Erasmus' Paraclesis, he advocates for the accessibility of scriptures to ordinary people, emphasizing the importance of making religious texts available to the unlearned readers. He criticizes the inadequacy of the old Latin version, the Vulgate, and champions the study of languages, literature, and history (studia humanitatis) as vital for young people to understand religion and philosophy. Erasmus promotes the idea that scriptures should be integrated into everyday life for everyone, inclu...