Desiderius Erasmus (15)
  1. Paulson confronts Erasmus's propositions about remaining in unknowing.
  2. Where Erasmus saw fear and collapse, Luther saw the never-ending comfort of Christ and his gospel.
  3. Desiderius Erasmus and many humanists had for a while held out hope for Luther’s call for reform and many of the reformers were themselves, to some degree, humanists.