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== Erasmus == | == Erasmus == | ||
Considered a great figure in the northern Renaisance | Considered a great figure in the northern Renaisance, humanism movement, as a Catholic leader, Erasmus is complicated. Above all else, he opposed "scholasticism," and thus St, Thomas Aquinas, although not by name, attacking, instead, Aquinas' heirs, known as the Scholastics. He wrote popular but scathing satires and critiques about the Scholastics and about priests, and wrote, with both brilliance and borderline irreverance, his own translations of Scripture, along with commentary. Erasmus's dual Greek-Latin translation of the New Testament first issued in 1516 | ||
While sharing the spirit of reform and humanism that moved Luther and others into | While sharing the spirit of reform and humanism that moved Luther and others into their break from the Church, Erasmus rejected the Lutherin and Calvinistic doctrines of ''sole fide'' ("belief only) and predestination. Erasmus argued that humans exercise free will | ||
This article, [https://www.catholic.com/encyclopedia/desiderius-erasmus Desiderius Erasmus | Catholic Answers Encyclopedia], offers a critical view of Erasmus and his humanism, which aligned him with Martin Luther in many respects. Erasmus never rejected the Church and, by the end of his life, he had distanced himself from Luther. Erasmus's close friend, (Saint) Thomas More shared 16th century humanistic views, but never strayed from orthodoxy. We may assume that More grounded | This article, [https://www.catholic.com/encyclopedia/desiderius-erasmus Desiderius Erasmus | Catholic Answers Encyclopedia], offers a critical view of Erasmus and his humanism, which aligned him with Martin Luther in many respects. Erasmus never rejected the Church and, by the end of his life, he had distanced himself from Luther. Erasmus's close friend, (Saint) Thomas More shared 16th century humanistic views, but never strayed from Church orthodoxy. We may assume that Erasmus' friendship with More grounded him more firmly in the Catholic faith, as many of his contemporaries such as William Tyndale<ref>Tyndale was an English protestant reformer who translated the Bible into English based on the earlier work of John Wycliff, whose anti-Catholic followers were called "Lollards."</ref>, Martin Luther, and others were not. | ||
=== Erasmus' influence upon Loyolla === | === Erasmus' influence upon Loyolla === | ||
In 1501, Erasmus published, ''Enchiridion militis Christiani'', or "Handbook<ref>The word "handbook" may be an incomplete translation of ''Enchiridion'', which suggests a more complete "manual" or set of instructions rather than a "handbook".</ref> of the Christian Soldier," | |||
* [https://www.jstor.org/stable/23961674 ERASMUS, IGNATIUS LOYOLA, AND ORTHODOXY on JSTOR] | * [https://www.jstor.org/stable/23961674 ERASMUS, IGNATIUS LOYOLA, AND ORTHODOXY on JSTOR] | ||