Importance+on+the+Reformation

=Reformation=

Erasmus's works were the stepping stone for Lutheran to start the reformation and for others. His works were the basis of what Luther wanted to do and his Greek New Testament was the template for Luther's German translation and other new translations. Erasmus didn't like the way the Protestant Reformation was headed and just thought the Catholic Church needed to change some things. He remained impartial during the reformation and never picked a side. Erasmus wanted to reform the Roman Catholic Church in terms of customs, practice of moderation and inward devotion characterized by learning and meditation. He said of the Catholic Church "They pretend to resemble the Apostles, and they are filthy, ignorant, impudent vagabonds…[T]hey quarrel with each other and curse each other. They pretend to poverty, but they steal into honest men's houses and pollute them, and wasps as they are, no one dares refuse them admittance for fear of their stings."