Desiderius Erasmus

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than a Catholic. Writing this had to take considerable courage,
for, though the Church was in decline, it still had considerable power. He
also published the Greek version of the New Testament in Latin, so
Europeans could read it.

Erasmus was a traveller. He lived in many places in Europe at different
times. He had lived in Rome, Paris, England, and many other European
countries. His worked as a writer, but was dependant on gifts of nobles as
most writers of the time were. In his travels he befriended many humanists.

Erasmus became a humanist because of his education. He studied both
ancient Greek and Latin. He had tried to be monk and a priest, but could
not. He went to Paris where he mastered Latin. He received a good education
there. This education, combined with his morality, made him a great
humanist. He had both the knowledge and the ethics to criticize the Church
(a person who lacked ethics and criticized the Church would be a hypocrite).


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