Erasmus - 1466 - 1536 - Desiderius Erasmus was one of the
most important Christian humanists. Erasmus was determined to
reconcile faith and reason through the common themes of
classical ethics and Christian morality. He published a book known
as Handbook of the Christian Knight, in 1503.
Erasmus' book espoused a 'philosophy of Christ' over restrictive
church doctrine. Erasmus also published a revised and edited
edition of the Bible in 1516. Though Erasmus' reforms did
not become widely accepted, it is thought that these reforms paved
the way for the Protestant Reformation.
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