ic of letters and the Christian church. In Roman Catholic
             doctrine, he wished only for a reformation of priestly morals and conduct, not of
             Roman theology, and he disapproved of the doctrinal revolution initiated by Luther. It
             is said that Erasmus laid the egg that Luther hatched, meaning that Erasmus was the
             one who inspired the Protestant Reformation.
             The particular state of mind which produced the "modern world" was a
             manifestation of the same mind as underlay the Protestant Revolution. The Protestant
             "calling" was a treatment of worldly avocations as God-created and fulfillable in a
             spirit of worship. This concept enabled the Protestant to see in his ordinary daily work
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