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Incarnational humanism is a type of Christian humanism which places central importance on the Incarnation, the belief that Jesus Christ was truly and fully human. In this context, divine revelation from God independent of the Incarnation is seen as untrustworthy precisely because it is exempt from the vagaries of human discourse.
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (/ ˌ d ɛ z ɪ ˈ d ɪər i ə s ɪ ˈ r æ z m ə s / DEZ-i-DEER-ee-əs irr-AZ-məs; Dutch: [ˌdeːziˈdeːrijʏs eːˈrɑsmʏs]; 28 October c. 1466 – 12 July 1536), commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic priest and theologian, educationalist, satirist, and philosopher.
He has been given the sobriquet "Prince of the Humanists", and has been called "the crowning glory of the Christian humanists". [1] He has also been called "the most illustrious rhetorician and educationalist of the Renaissance". [2] His reputation and the interpretations of his work have varied over time and by community.
Milan Machovec: Czech humanist philosopher, famous for Christian-Marxist dialogue in 1960s Communist Czechoslovakia. Bill Maher: American stand-up comedian, television host, political commentator, author, and actor. Eddie Marsan: English actor. Ewan McGregor: British actor.
Historian Hugh Trevor-Roper called More "the first great Englishman whom we feel that we know, the most saintly of humanists, the most human of saints, the universal man of our cool northern renaissance." [142] Jonathan Swift, an Anglican, wrote that More was "a person of the greatest virtue this kingdom ever produced".
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Most scholars today agree that Rabelais wrote from a perspective of Christian humanism. [75] This has not always been the case. Abel Lefranc, in his 1922 introduction to Pantagruel, depicted Rabelais as a militant anti-Christian atheist. [76] On the contrary, M. A. Screech, like Lucien Febvre before him, [77] describes Rabelais as an Erasmian. [78]
In addition to his seminal Institutes of the Christian Religion, Calvin wrote commentaries on most books of the Bible, confessional documents, and various other theological treatises. Calvin was originally trained as a humanist lawyer. He broke from the Roman Catholic Church around 1530.