Third Epistle to the Prince of Humanists

A Christian Humanist Manifesto in the Form of Letters

Erasmus of Rotterdam (“im Gehäus”), ca. 1538–40; Veit Specklin, blockcutter, after a design by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98–1543)

Agapetos Mathetes to the Learned and Eloquent Prince of Humanists, Desiderius Erasmus:

Most gracious Mentor, how abundant your reservoir of kindness must be, for once again you have extended your graciousness by writing to…