titutions themselves and had no enmity toward the persons of churchmen. The evils he had combated were either those of form, such as had long been a subject of derision by all sensible men, or they were evils of a kind that could be cured only by a long and slow regeneration in the moral and spiritual life of Europe.
In September of 1524, Erasmus came onto the scene with, "The Freedom of Will". The book by
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