Shaping the humanist movement in Northern Europe, this great thinker translated the New Testament to Greek.

Northern Europe's foray into the Renaissance movement was dominated by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam. The scholar calmed the more extreme views of the Reformation, and his Greek translation of the New Testament revolutionized "Christian Humanism", blending classical traditions with Christian beliefs and the humanist idea of a man's capacity for self-improvement.

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