Martinus Dorpius (Latin of Maarten van Dorp) (Naaldwijk, circa 1485 - Leuven, May 31, 1525) was a Dutch humanist and theologian. He was a professor at the University of Leuven. Lifecycle
Van Dorp came to the Leuven University in 1501 and went to study. He received a lesson from among others John Despauterius and enjoyed the protection of Meinard Man, the abbot of Egmond. During the stay of Desiderius Erasmus in Leuven (1502-1504), this friend became Van Dorp.
In 1504 he became Master of Arts and thereby controlled Latin grammar, rhetoric, dialectics and musica. Van Dorp lost his name like so many humanists to Martinus Dorpius.
Dorpius began teaching Latin to the Humanist College De Lelie and studied in theology. From 1508 he also taught philosophy. Dorpius began to write stage poems that were raised in 1509 and published in 1513. He belonged to the first neolatine drama judges in the Netherlands. Dorpius remained in agreement with Erasmus, especially as a result of the publication of Lof der Zotheid he defended.
In 1514, Dorpius obtained the doctorate in theology and began teaching at the university. Soon Dorpius encountered his person and his work is a growing tension between humanism and theology. In relation to the problem of his time, he took a quirky attitude. First, he was an opponent of the Erasmus-designed method of studying the Greek New Testament and asked his friend not to publish it. Eventually, he turned and recognized his exceptional value. As a consequence, Dorpius encountered difficulties at his faculty and his appointment as ordinary professor was postponed. He tried to return to the faculty by pointing out the shortcomings in Erasmus's work. In 1519, the cool friendship between Dorpius and Erasmus was restored and Dorpius was appointed.
Dorpius was known as Lutheran spirit. In his Apologia, he defended his objections against the conviction of Maarten Luther in 1521. In 1523, Dorpius became a rector magnificus of the university, but he died a few years later in 1525.
Erasmus took care of the digging, and Juan Luis Vives wrote close-up to his honor published in 1528. Working Bibliography
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