Erasmus
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Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch humanist, theologian, and philosopher. He was, through his writings and translations, o
Erasmus, in a 1523 portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger
Statue of Erasmus in Rotterdam. Gilded bronze statue by Hendrick de Keyser (1622), replacing a stone (1557), and a wooden (1549).
Hieronymous Bosch, Temptation of St Anthony, triptych (c. 1501), painted in 's-Hertogenbosch, later owned by his friend Damião de Gois
Bust by Hildo Krop (1950) in Gouda, where Erasmus spent his youth
Monergism
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In Christian theology, monergism primarily denotes the belief that God alone is the agent of human salvation. Divine monergism is most commonly associated with Augustinian, Lutheran and Reformed/Calvi
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…as the traditional doctrine of synergism, which some prominent reformers such as Martin Luther and John Calvin rejected in favour of the doctrine of monergism. His influential middle-road approach disappointed, and even angered, partisans in both camps. Erasmus's 69 years may be divided into quarters…
Augustine presents Lydia of Thyatira as an example of monergistic salvation.
An illustration of Article XVIII ('Of Free Will') of the Augsburg Confession.