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[[Image:Holbein Portrait of Erasmus.JPG|thumb|by Hans Holbein the Younger]]

[[Image:Holbein Portrait of Erasmus.JPG|thumb|by Hans Holbein the Younger]]

'''Desiderius Erasmus''' (1466-1536), born as Gerrit Gerritszoon, was an [[Augustinian Order| Augustinian]] [[monk]], [[Religious Humanism|humanist]], [[philosopher]] and the leading thinker of the Northern [[The Renaissance|Renaissance]] that took place in the [[Netherlands]].  He wanted more spirituality in the [[Catholic Church]] and urged a greater emphasis on the teachings of [[Jesus]].  He published a [[Greek language|Greek]] edition of the [[New Testament]], and was the first scholar to become famous through use of the [[Printing Press|printing press]], developed in the Northern Renaissance. Though he wrote satires about the Church that led others to criticize it, Erasmus condemned [[Martin Luther]] and strenuously opposed the [[Reformation]].

'''Desiderius Erasmus''' (1466-1536), born as Gerrit Gerritszoon in [[Rotterdam]], was an [[Augustinian Order| Augustinian]] [[monk]], [[Religious Humanism|humanist]], [[philosopher]] and the leading thinker of the Northern [[The Renaissance|Renaissance]] that took place in the [[Netherlands]].  He wanted more spirituality in the [[Catholic Church]] and urged a greater emphasis on the teachings of [[Jesus]].  He published a [[Greek language|Greek]] edition of the [[New Testament]], and was the first scholar to become famous through use of the [[Printing Press|printing press]], developed in the Northern Renaissance. Though he wrote satires about the Church that led others to criticize it, Erasmus condemned [[Martin Luther]] and strenuously opposed the [[Reformation]].