Modern church music is so constructed that the congregation cannot hear one distinct word.
Desiderius ErasmusThe opinion formulated by the Church has more value in my eyes than human reasons, whatever they may be.
Desiderius ErasmusNowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed.
Desiderius ErasmusChristians would show sense if they dispatched these argumentative Scotists and pigheaded Ockhamists and undefeated Albertists along with the whole regiment of Sophists to fight the Turks and Saracens instead of sending those armies of dull-witted soldiers with whom they've long been carrying on war with no result.
Desiderius Erasmus