Authority Revisited: Towards Thomas More and Erasmus in 1516 (Lectio)

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In-depth essays on Desiderius Erasmus's Novum Instrumentum and Thomas More's Utopia, which were both published for the first time in 1516 in Basel and Leuven respectively, and which have contributed dramatically to the rise of (early) modern Western thought and thoroughly influenced subsequent generations in their literary, philosophical and theological works In the year 1516, two crucial texts for the cultural history of the West saw the light: Desiderius Erasmus' Nouum Instrumentum and Thomas More's Utopia. Both of these works dealt freely with authoritative sources of Western civilization and opened new pathways of thought on the eve of far-reaching religious and political changes. This book volume deals with aspects of the content, reception and influence of Nouum Instrumentum and Utopia in the (Early) Modern Era, while also focusing upon the sources they used and critically adopted. The overall approach is that both texts have contributed dramatically to the rise of (early) modern Western thought and have influenced the next generations in their literary, philosophical and theological works. This volume, multidisciplinary in scope, brings together contributions from the fields of bible exegesis, theology, philosophy, philology and history. The editors of this volume, professors at the University of Leuven, collected these essays in the wake of the important anniversary 1516-2016 and as a tribute to the university town's particular place in the publication history of the books under discussion. Erasmus did an important share of his Bible-hermeneutical work in Leuven, where he also supervised the printing process of the editio princeps of Utopia. Front Matter WIM FRANÇOIS. AUTHORITY REVISITED UWE BAUMANN. THOMAS MORE, ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAM, HUMANIST ERUDITION, BIBLE PHILOLOGY AND THE AUTHORITY OF THE CLASSICAL TRADITION SERENA MASOLINI. HOW TO ORDER FOUR INTO ONE: HARMONIZING THE GOSPELS AT THE DAWN OF BIBLICAL HUMANISM JAKUB KORYL. AUTHORITY, DOES IT DISPLACE THE JUDGMENT? HENK JAN DE JONGE. TRADITIONAL FEATURES IN ERASMUS’ NOVUM INSTRUMENTUM AND THE ORDER OF THE WRITINGS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIAN HOUTH VRANGBÆK. PATRISTIC CONCEPTS OF ORIGINAL SIN IN ERASMUS’ ANNOTATIONES IN EPISTULAM AD ROMANOS HÉLÈNE RABAEY. DETTE DES TRADUCTIONS ESPAGNOLES DES ÉVANGILES ENVERS LE NOVUM TESTAMENTUM D’ÉRASME ET SES ANNOTATIONES HYUN-AH KIM. ERASMUS ON I AD CORINTHIOS 14. 15-19: THE ERASMIAN THEOLOGY OF MUSIC AND ITS LEGACY IN REFORMATION ENGLAND NICHOLAS THOMPSON. SERVARE VIRGINEM SUAM: MARTIN BUCERAND STEPHEN GARDINER ON I COR. 7. 36-38 AND THE PROHIBITION OF CLERICAL MARRIAGE ANTONIO GERACE. THE RECEPTION OF ERASMUS’ NEW TESTAMENT IN THE LOUVAIN FRANCISCAN STUDY HOUSE: THE CASE OF NICHOLAS TACITUS ZEGERS AND ADAM SASBOUT DANIEL JAMES (FR. BENEDICT) FISCHER. THE IMPACT OF ERASMUS ON THE 1614 PAULINE COMMENTARY OF CORNELIUS A LAPIDE, S.J. RENAUD ADAM. THE FIRST EDITION OF THOMAS MORE’S UTOPIAIN LOUVAIN, ITS PRINTER DIRK MARTENS AND THE ERASMIAN NETWORK IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE GILLIAN CLARK. THE TRAVELLER RETURNS: UTOPIA AND THE CITY OF GOD JACOB LANGELOH. WAGING WAR FOR JUSTICE: UTOPIAN WARS AND THE ROMAN EXPANSION ALISSA MACMILLAN. UTOPIAN CURIOSITY: THOMAS MORE ON THE DESIRE TO KNOW EILÉAN NÍ CHUILLEANÁIN. TRAVELS WITH A MONKEY: RAPHAEL HYTHLODAYE’S BOOKS GRANTLEY MCDONALD. JOHN CLEMENT AND THE HERITAGE OF MORE AND ERASMUS Back Matter