Editing Erasmus (section)

===Notable writings===
{{Main|Works of Erasmus#Notable writings}}
Erasmus wrote for educated audiences both

* on subjects of humanist interest:<ref>Tello, Joan. ''[https://brill.com/edcollchap/book/9789004539686/BP000013.xml Catalogue of the Works of Erasmus of Rotterdam]''. In Eric MacPhail (ed.), ''A Companion to Erasmus''. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2023, 225–344.</ref> "Three areas preoccupied Erasmus as a writer: language arts, education, and biblical studies. [...]All of his works served as models of style. [...]He pioneered the principles of textual criticism."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rummel |first1=Erika |title=Christian History 145 Erasmus: Christ's humanist by Christian History Institute – Issuu |website=issuu.com |date=2 November 2022 |issue=145 |pages=7, 8 |url=https://issuu.com/christianhistory/docs/ch-145-erasmus |language=en |access-date=17 July 2023 |archive-date=17 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717225250/https://issuu.com/christianhistory/docs/ch-145-erasmus |url-status=live }}</ref> and
* on pastoral subjects: "to Christians in the various stages of lives:[...]for the young, for married couples, for widows," the dying, clergy, theologians, religious, princes, partakers of sacraments, etc.<ref name=pabel1995/>{{rp|58}}

He is noted for his extensive scholarly editions of the [[Works of Erasmus#Latin and Greek New Testaments|New Testament]] in Latin and Greek, and the complete works of numerous [[Church Fathers]]. These formed the basis of the so-called [[Textus Receptus]] Protestant bibles.

The only works with enduring popularity in modern time are his satires and semi-satires: ''[[The Praise of Folly]]'', ''[[Julius Excluded from Heaven]]'' and ''[[Works of Erasmus#The Complaint of Peace (1517)|The Complaint of Peace]]''. However, his other works, such as his several thousand letters, continue to be a vital source of information to historians of numerous disciplines.