HIST 1400 Chapter Notes - Chapter Erasmus Pilgimage: True Cross, Purgatory, Making Money
24 Jan 2017
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Title of the source and type of source (letter? book? painting? etc. Pilgrimage is pointless and you can achieve a christian life without it. -local saints are just as powerful as those in other places, which makes the pilgrimages pointless. -the church is becoming abusive of its power in terms of collecting money from its members. -relics are just a way for the church to take advantage of people and get money. -conversation between a pilgrim (ogygius) and a skeptic (menedemus) -takes the heat off of erasmus, he can say it is just fiction which gives him freedom to say whatever he wants. -smells good so it has to be sacred. -peter"s finger was huge, but o sides with the clergy despite skepticism. -so many pieces of the true cross, since there are so many relics it must be fraudulent. -m"s going to take care of his own affairs, because that is what scripture tells me to do.
