Luther has been for nothing more censured than for making little of Thomas Aquinas; for wishing to diminish the absolution traffic; for having a low opinion of mendicant orders, and for respecting scholastic opinions less than the gospels.

All this is considered intolerable heresy." Erasmus, however, was offending both parties.

A swarm of monks were already buzzing about him for the bold language of his Commentaries and Dialogues.

He was called Erasmus for his errors--Arasmus because he would plough up sacred things--Erasmus because he had written himself an ass--Behemoth, Antichrist, and many other names of similar import.

Luther was said to have bought the deadly seed in his barn.