Christian or Northern Renaissance Humanism

"Northern Humanists"

Cultivated a knowledge of the classics, the one common bond that united all humanists into a kind of antiquity. Also called cristian humanists because if their profound preocupation with religion.

"Erasmus Traveles"

Went to France,England, Italy, Germany, and Switserland.

"Reformation"

the turmoil shattered intelectual optomism .

"Early Christian Writings"

Augustine,Ambrose,and Jerome.Through these writiings, they discovered a simple religion that acme to to fell had been distorted by the complicated theological arguments of the middle ages.

"Northen Humanists Beliefs"

Felt that through education in sources of classical, and especially Christian,antiquity, they coul instill a true inner piety or inward religous felling that would bring about a reform of the church and society.Prepared new additions of bibles.

" Erasmus Works"

The Handbook of the Christian Knight, printed in 1503, reflected his preocupation with religion. He called his concept of religion "the philosophyof Christ," which meant that Christianity should be guiding philosophy ffor the direction of daily life rather than the system of dogmatic beliefs and practices.

"Erasmus "

The most influential of all the Christian humanists who formulated and popularized the reform program of Christian Humanism.

"To Erasmus"

The reform of the churchmeant spreading an understanding of Jesus providing a sources of christianity .This program failed. But he helped lead the way for refomation "laid the egg that Luther hatched."