Question

Who preached Christian humanism and used writings and a call to reform by preaching peace, reason, tolerance, and love? A) Dante B) Erasmus C) More D) Petrarch

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. Desiderius Erasmus was one the greatest thinkers alive. He was also an important person in the area of Christian Humanism. During the time that Erasmus was alive, he wrote a book called In The Praise of Folly (1509) which set out to reform the way the church was. Erasmus’ main ideas were of love, peace, reason and tolerance.