Question

5. Who was Erasmus? Name the book he wrote.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

In the early 1500s, Erasmus was persuaded to teach at Cambridge and lecture in theology. It was during this time that he wrote The Praise of Folly, a satirical examination of society in general and the various abuses of the Church.

Answer 2

Desiderius Erasmus Rotterodamus was a Dutch philosopher and Catholic theologian, considered one of the greatest scholars of the Northern Renaissance.

Explanation:

• As a Catholic priest, he was an important figure in classical scholarship who wrote in the pure Latin style.
• Erasmus was the second illegitimate son of Roger Gerard, a priest, and Margaret, the daughter of a physician.
• He progressed to the third highest grade at St. Lebuin's Chapter School in Deventer.
• In 1499 a student, William Blount, Lord Mountjoy invited Erasmus to England.
• There she met Thomas More, who became friends for life.
• John Colette accelerated Erasmus' ambition to become a "primitive theologian" who would interpret Scripture not in the scholastic reasoning way but in the way of St. Jerome and the other Church Fathers, who lived in an era when classical art. Rhetoric was still understood and practiced.