Excerpt from Erasmi Concio De Pvero Iesv: A Sermon on the Child Jesus If we knew with more certainty the occasion for which Erasmus wrote his Condo, we should have an answer to several interesting questions. Some little light is thrown upon the subject by a description of the new St. Paul's given by Erasmus in a letter to Justus Jonas. Writing soon after Colet's death (september 16th, he says: Over the high master's chair is a beautifully wrought figure of the Child Jesus, seated, in the attitude of one teaching; and all the young flock, as they enter and leave school, salute it with a hymn. Over it is the countenance of God the Father, saying hear YE him an inscription added at my suggestion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.