Published in 1931, Christopher Hollis' Erasmus retains unique distinction. In this book alone can the general reader encounter the true measure of Erasmus' chronic insincerity.
Especially significant is proper information on that score at a time when Erasmus' thought is being promoted as an especially insightful depository of guidelines for Church reform.
To counter this dubious trend Hollis' Erasmus should preve very effective. Hollis uses the facts and documents relating to Erasmus' personality, life, and works as a dossier of indictment against him. By unmasking the pseudo-reformer in Erasmus, who readily took to task others, but hardly ever himself, Hollis, a convert to Catholicism, did signal service to the cause of true reform in the true Church.
Stanley L. Jaki, the author of the Introduction, is the winner of the Templeton Prize for 1987.
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