Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

28 October 1466 A.D. Possible Birth of Erasmus


28 October 1466 A.D.  Possible Birth of Erasmus


Desiderius Erasmus (1466 to 1536)

Roman Church

First bestselling author.


Possible birthdate of Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch scholar, and editor (authorities place his birth on the 26th, 27th or 28th). He sought to reform the church through scholarship and Christian instruction. Living in Basel, Switzerland (1514-1529) he became the world's first best-selling author following the advent of the movable-type printing press. His Greek New Testament greatly influenced many, including John Colet and William Tyndale in England, Martin Luther in Germany, and Ulrich Zwingli

in Switzerland, but the satirical Praise of Folly was his most popular work in his life time.

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