Explain whether or not Erasmus intended to undermine the Catholic Church (12 marks)

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Explain whether or not Erasmus intended to undermine the Catholic Church (12 marks)

Erasmus was a humanist scholar from Rotterdam he entered a monastery in 1486 which is possibly where his hate for monks and there lifestyle stems from he eventually became a well-known and sought after European scholar.

Erasmus was very good at both Greek and Latin which lead to his translation of the bible in three columns; the first was Greek then the vulgate translation then his translation. This however found some problems with the original translation of the bible including confession so there should only be 6 sacraments although he did not make a big deal out of this and merely printed his work and allowed people to find this for themselves, the church responded saying god had wanted it to be changed so made them write it wrong, this he never questioned. This behavior sows him not trying to undermine the church as if this was his intention it is much more likely he would have made it clear what he had found This is a correct point but not very well-explained. Why did it mean one less sacrament, which sacrament was lost and