• Is Erasmus a Faithful Roman Catholic of His Days Based on the Reading of "The Praise of Folly"?

     

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Published: 25.04.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
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  • Essays 'Is Erasmus a Faithful Roman Catholic of His Days Based on the Reading of "The Pr', 1.
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Throughout the years the definition of what it is to be a "faithful Catholic" has been under dispute. There are many different ways to look at this idea, and none can be considered wrong due to the fact that no one really knows. Some say that to be a faithful Catholic one must follow every law that the Church has put in effect, live a life according to the Gospels, and commit good deeds as often as one can. A contrary view of this would be if one believed that Jesus Christ is your savior and lived according to the Gospels, but found that the Church itself has made some errors and feel that you do not have to live according to all of their rules.
<Tab/>A man who believed the second view, and was scrutinized for it was Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam. Erasmus was a brilliant satirist that used his skill of clever mockery to vocalize his disagreement with the problems that were present in the Roman Catholic Church of his time.…

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