n.Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536)
In 1516 hereadaLatintranslationoftheGreekNew Testamentpublished by the DutchhumanistDesiderius Erasmus, which he latertranscribedintonotebooksandmemorized verbatim.