La oposición de dos propuestas educativas humanistas cristianas la erasmiana y la sepulvediana en la Antiapologia pro Alberto Pio
Journal
Historia y Memoria De La Educación
ISSN
2444-0043
Publisher
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)
Date Issued
2026
Type
text::journal::journal article
Abstract
En el marco de la Reforma protestante, entre 1525 y 1531, Erasmo de Rotterdam y Alberto Pio sostuvieron un debate epistolar sobre la naturaleza de la mejor educación humanista cristiana. Ambos argumentaron a favor de la que cada uno consideró la mejor propuesta educativa. Habiendo llegado la discusión a un punto estancado, por el fallecimiento del príncipe de Carpi, Sepúlveda, en la Antiapologia, sintetizó y medió entre ambas propuestas. Sepúlveda es capaz de esta síntesis porque comprende los diferentes ámbitos, intereses y finalidades que los contendientes pretenden. El objetivo de la investigación es comparar las ideas de Erasmo, Alberto Pio y Juan Ginés por el contexto humanista que comparten, así como identificar las características en común y propias en función de tres ejes: el desarrollo del estilo, la lectura de los contenidos educativos clásicos, y el cultivo de una orientación cristiana de la vida. Igualmente se intenta esclarecer que la Antiapologia es una propuesta mediadora entre el tradicionalismo albertino, que sigue Sepúlveda, y la novedad erasmiana, pues ambos pensamientos comparten el estudio de los clásicos y la vida cristiana piadosa como su centro. Se concluye que el elemento que los diferencia es el estilo de la retórica didáctica de cada autor: la seriedad sepulvediana y la ironía erasmiana. © Los autores (2026), (Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED)).
The epistolary dispute between Alberto Pio, Prince of Carpi, and the Netherlander Erasmus of Rotterdam, which took place between 1525 and 1531 in the Reformation context, led to the mediation of the Spaniard Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda. Following the demise that the Italian took on the erasmian positions, Ginés authored the Antiapologia with the objective of mediating between the opinions of the Prince and those of Erasmus. The focal point of this research is centering on three key domains: the evolution and selection of the best Latin style, the interpretation of classical educational materials, both Greek, Latin and Patristic, and the nurturing of a pious Christian cosmovision. The initial Albertine vision, which had been adapted to tradition, liturgy and institutionality, was juxtaposed with the erasmian one, which was more innovative, individualistic, and religiously intimate. The assessment of both positions resulted as the sepulvedian judgement of both, which accepted the erasmian innovation, but attending to catholic orthodoxy. It is concluded that there are three joint considerations that Gines puts together from both discussing humanists: Latin style, piety, and classical and patristical contents. Beyond the analyzed texts, it is relevant to highlight the dialogue between tradition and modernity. © The authors (2026), (Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED)). All rights reserved.
The epistolary dispute between Alberto Pio, Prince of Carpi, and the Netherlander Erasmus of Rotterdam, which took place between 1525 and 1531 in the Reformation context, led to the mediation of the Spaniard Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda. Following the demise that the Italian took on the erasmian positions, Ginés authored the Antiapologia with the objective of mediating between the opinions of the Prince and those of Erasmus. The focal point of this research is centering on three key domains: the evolution and selection of the best Latin style, the interpretation of classical educational materials, both Greek, Latin and Patristic, and the nurturing of a pious Christian cosmovision. The initial Albertine vision, which had been adapted to tradition, liturgy and institutionality, was juxtaposed with the erasmian one, which was more innovative, individualistic, and religiously intimate. The assessment of both positions resulted as the sepulvedian judgement of both, which accepted the erasmian innovation, but attending to catholic orthodoxy. It is concluded that there are three joint considerations that Gines puts together from both discussing humanists: Latin style, piety, and classical and patristical contents. Beyond the analyzed texts, it is relevant to highlight the dialogue between tradition and modernity. © The authors (2026), (Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED)). All rights reserved.
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Meza-Mejía, M. del C., & González Nares, G. (2026). The opposition of two christian humanist educational proposals: the erasmian and the sepulvedian in Antiapologia pro Alberto Pio. Historia y Memoria de la Educación, (24). https://doi.org/10.5944/hme.24.2026.42605