Peace and love to you all in Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour!
For all of you who desire and recieve great pleasure out of bashing Erasmus, in order to stir others away from the truth of the corruptions in the very texts of the modern versions, and the beliefs and life of those responsible, let us look now to what Erasmus himself believed, shall we:
"Would you please Peter and Paul? Then emulate the faith of the one and the charity of the other. Thereby you will do better than if you make ten pilgramages to Rome...You honor a statue of Christ in wood or stone and adorned with colors. You would do better to honor the image of his mind which through the Holy Spirit is expressed in the gospels. Are you excited over the seamless robe and the napkin of Christ and yet doze over the oracles of his law? Far better that you should believe than that you should treasure at home a piece of the wood of the cross. Otherwise you are no better than Judas, who with his lips touched the divine mouth. The physical presence of Christ is useless for salvation...In a word, let all your possessions, all your concern, all your care be directed toward the imitation of Christ, who was not born for himself, lived not to himself, died not to himself, but for our sakes..
We are assured of victory over death, victory over the flesh, victory over the world and Satan. Christ promises us remission of sins, fruits in this life a hundred fold, and thereafter life eternal. And for what reason? For the sake of our merit? No, indeed, but through the grace of faith which is in Christ Jesus. We are the more secure because he is first our doctor. He first overcame the lapse of Adam, nailed our sins to the cross, sealed our redemption with his blood, which has been confirmed by the testimonies of the prophets, apostles, martyrs, and virgins and by the universal Church of the saints. He added the seal of the Spirit lest we should waver in our confidence...What could we little worms do of ourselves? Christ is our justification. Christ is our victory. Christ is our hope and security. Unto us a child is born. Unto US, born for us, given for us. He it is who teaches us, cures our diseases, casts out demons, for us suffers hunger and thirst, is afflicted, endures the agonies of death, sweats blood, for us is conquered, wounded, dead, and resurrected, and sits at the right hand of God the Father..
As we approach the sacraments, are not to be despised, but of greater importance is faith and charity without which is all else vain. I believe there are many not absolved by the priest, not having taken the Eucharist, not having been annointed, not having received Christian burial who rest in peace, while many who have had all the rites of the Church and have been buried next to the altar have gone to hell..."
(Taken from "Myths about the Modern Versions" by David Cloud, quoting from "Treatise on Preparation for death" by Roland H. Bainton from "Erasmus of Christendom".)
Also quoted in the above book we see Erasmus attitude toward the bible with this quote: Then glancing disdainfully at the traditions of men, he said: "It is not from human resevoirs, fetid with stagnant waters, that we should draw the doctrine of salvation; but from the pure and abundant streams that flow from the heart of God."
Erasmus also rejected the Latin Vulgate, and his own Latin New Testament was opposed to the Catholic Vulgate, that the Roman Catholic church considered it an attack on the Vulgate. Erasmus was branded by the Roman Catholic Church as a heretic.
I assume this won't change many people's views here who are stubborn to learn the truth, but it is for the benefit of those who desire to know the truth about Erasmus.
love in Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour,
michelle
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