Controversies : Clarifications Concerning the Censures Published in Paris in the Name of the Parisian Faculty of Theology

Erasmus' humanistic approach to theology and biblical exegesis presented a shocking challenge to the theologians at the University of Paris, which had been dominated by scholastic theology for centuries. He engaged in a decade-long controversy over his theological, exegetical, and ethical positions with the Theological Faculty, and especially with their director, Noël Béda. This volume—which translates this crucial quarrel from Latin for the first time—details the formal, wide-ranging attack on Erasmus' theories printed by the faculty in 1531, along with his two replies. Erasmus published his first rebuttal in the spring of 1532, and that fall issued a second edition with substantial revisions and lengthy additions to his original text. With an extensive introduction and detailed commentary by Clarence H. Miller and James K. Farge, this volume highlights the differences between the humanist and scholastic views of genuine theology more fully and extensively than most of Erasmus' other polemical works. Volume 82 of the Collected Works of Erasmus series. Contents 7 Introduction 9 The Preface of the Faculty 39 An Index of the Topics Which Were Discussed and Determined by the Aforesaid Assembly of Doctors 43 Desiderius Erasmus’ Preface to His Clarifications 44 The Censures of the Paris Faculty of Theology About the Propositions of Erasmus 54 Some Additional Propositions of Erasmus Singled Out for Censure 295 The Determination of the Faculty of Sacred Theology at the University of Paris Concerning the Informal Colloquies of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam Handed Down in the Month of May in the Year of our Lord 1526 307 Works Frequently Cited Short-Title Forms for Erasmus’ Works Index of Scriptural References General Index 366 Works Frequently Cited 366 Short-Title Forms for Erasmus’ Works 369 Index of Scriptural References 375 General Index 383