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Is the Ten Colloquies about Catholics or protestants?

Richard Klueg Erasmus was a Roman Catholic "Christian humanist." He had many of the same criticisms of the church that Luther and others had, but remained in the Ro…moreErasmus was a Roman Catholic "Christian humanist." He had many of the same criticisms of the church that Luther and others had, but remained in the Roman Church. He and Luther openly opposed one another in some of their writings, Erasmus in defense of the Roman Catholic Church. The Colloquies are not treatises on those issues, but were originally written in Latin as an educational aid for studying that language. Nevertheless, some of the issues of the day certainly come out in the colloquies, and Erasmus took some heat from the Roman Church for some portions.(less)

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