A Playne and Godly Exposition or Declaration of the Commune Crede

A Playne and Godly Exposytion or Declaration of the Commune Crede is a 1533 work of religious commentary by Desiderius Erasmus, written at the request of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire.

[1] The Exposytion of the Commune Creed was published as an English translation of Erasmus’s original Latin text.

It carried the subtitle "A Dialog called the Symbole or instructyon in the christen fayth or belyue, made by Mayster Erasmus of Roterdame.

It represents the catechism of Erasmus, outlining his interpretation of the Catholic creed during a time of significant theological conflict.

This work was written three years before his death in 1536, reflecting Erasmus’s position within the Catholic Church during the early stages of the Reformation.