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Erasmus

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E·ras·mus  (-rzms), Desiderius 1466?-1536.
Dutch Renaissance scholar and Roman Catholic theologian who sought to revive classical texts from antiquity, restore simple Christian faith based on Scripture, and eradicate the improprieties of the medieval Church. His works include The Praise of Folly (1509) and On Free Will (1524), a challenge to Luther's views.
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Noun1.ErasmusErasmus - Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536)
Desiderius Erasmus, Geert Geerts, Gerhard Gerhards
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Erasmus was of the same lively, merry wit as More, they both loved literature and the Greek learning, and so the two became fast friends.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
Alleyne stooped and kissed her, for the kiss was the common salutation of the age, and, as Erasmus long afterwards remarked, more used in England than in any other country.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
Soon the study of Greek was introduced into England, also, first at Oxford; and it was cultivated with such good results that when, early in the sixteenth century, the great Dutch student and reformer, Erasmus, unable through poverty to reach Italy, came to Oxford instead, he found there a group of accomplished scholars and gentlemen whose instruction and hospitable companionship aroused his unbounded delight.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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