Erasmian
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Not for naught did Erasmus praise as truly Dutch those qualities which we might also call truly Erasmian: gentleness, kindliness, moderation, a generally diffused moderate erudition.
From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Johan Huizinga
His chief distinction is that he was the closest friend and associate of Erasmus, the principal publisher of Erasmus's works, and the representative in the book trade of the Erasmian attitude toward the Reformation.
From Printing and the Renaissance A paper read before the Fortnightly Club of Rochester, New York by John Rothwell Slater
They applauded his attack on abuses, and on the treatment of Germany by Rome; and it was believed that the Renaissance prepared the Reformation, that Luther had only hatched the Erasmian egg.
From Lectures on Modern history by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton
His religious ideal, as shown by his notes on St. Paul, was at this time the Erasmian one of an ethical, undogmatic faith.
From The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith
But there is much that is Erasmian in the spirit of their great leader, William of Orange, whose vision ranged so widely beyond the limitations of religious hatred.
From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Johan Huizinga
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