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Martinus Dorpius

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17: 70:. His brother Willem followed in their father's footsteps. Martin, however, pursued an academic career. He graduated Bachelor of Arts at Leuven University in 1504, as fifth in his year. After graduation he began teaching rhetoric and philosophy at Lily College. He staged plays with his students, including Plautus' 121:
distinctions and definitions) was important to appreciate how Paul presented his teachings. That autumn, perhaps in response, the Faculty of Theology refused to renew Dorpius's certificate to lecture. His certificate was, however, renewed the following year. In 1517-18 he supported the foundation of
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for indications of heterodoxy. In his correspondence he also questioned the usefulness of studying Greek to understand the New Testament. In 1515 one of his letters to Erasmus elicited a reply from
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In the summer of 1519 Dorpius resigned as college president and travelled to The Hague. In Holland he was offered a position as
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He was a correspondent of Erasmus, tipping him off in 1514 that the theologians of Leuven were examining his
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Contemporaries of Erasmus: A Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation
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monastery in Leuven. An epitaph by Erasmus was carved on his tomb.
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Concio de divae virginis deiparae in coelum assumptione
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Oratio de laudibus sigillatim cujusque disciplinarum
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humanist
Old University of Leuven
Erasmus
Naaldwijk
Rotterdam
Egmond Abbey
The Hague
Miles Gloriosus
Aulularia
Assumption of Mary
Dirk Martens
Holy Ghost College
Praise of Folly
Thomas More
Pauline epistles
scholastic
Collegium Trilingue
suffragan
Philip of Burgundy, bishop of Utrecht
Carthusian








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