Western Civilization I / Unit 13 WC1 1221 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Erasmus Corrects the New Testament
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The idea
Erasmus, fourteen sixty-six to fifteen thirty-six, a philologist in Latin, Greek and some Hebrew, retranslated the New Testament against the Vulgate and urged vernacular Bibles. In Praise of Folly satirized corruption; the Handbook of the Christian Soldier de-emphasized the sacraments.
In practice
A personal piety at odds with Church structures.
Where people slip
His claim about witches as a mistranslation is the anchor's report. Attribute.
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