Term
Humanism
A Renaissance intellectual movement focused on a liberal arts education and the study of classical literature and ethics.
Filed underChurch History
Definition
An intellectual movement connected with the Renaissance. In the Renaissance it meant a liberal arts education based on grammar, rhetoric, history, poetry, and the ethics studied from classical texts and broadened to include the study of both form and general content of classical literature.
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Sources
- 1.Jerald C. Brauer and B. A. Gerrish, ed. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971). 415Original citation: Brauer, Jerald C., and B. A. Gerrish, eds. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971, 415.
Last revised August 14, 2026