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== Erasmus == | == Erasmus == | ||
Considered a great figure in the Humanism movement, Erasmus is complicated. Above all else, he opposed "scholisticism," thus St, Thomas Aquinas, although not by name, attacking, instead, Aquinas' heirs, the Scholastics. | Considered a great figure in the northern Renaisance Humanism movement, Erasmus is complicated. Above all else, he opposed "scholisticism," thus St, Thomas Aquinas, although not by name, attacking, instead, Aquinas' heirs, the Scholastics. He wrote popular but scathing satires and critiques about the Scholastics and priests, and wrote, with both brilliance and borderline irreverance. | ||
While sharing the spirit of reform and humanism that moved Luther and others into the break with the Church, Erasmus rejected the doctrine of | |||
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 Erasmus from | |||
[https://www.catholic.com/encyclopedia/desiderius-erasmus Desiderius Erasmus | Catholic Answers Encyclopedia] | |||
=== Erasmus' influence upon Loyolla === | === Erasmus' influence upon Loyolla === | ||