Desiderius Erasmus Quotes About Religion
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The opinion formulated by the Church has more value in my eyes than human reasons, whatever they may be.
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Our determination to imitiate Christ should be such that we have no time for other matters.
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For them it's out-of-date and outmoded to perform miracles; teaching the people is too like hard work, interpreting the holy scriptures is for schoolmen and praying is a waste of time; to shed tears is weak and womanish, to be needy is degrading; to suffer defeat is a disgrace and hardly fitting for one who scarcely permits the greatest of kings to kiss the toes of his sacred feet; and finally, death is an unattractive prospect, and dying on a cross would be an ignominious end.
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