Is Erasmus a Faithful Roman Catholic of his days based on the reading of The Praise of Folly?, and include a statement as to what you mean by "Faithful".

Throughout the years the definition of what it is to be a "faithful Catholic" has been under dispute. There are many different ways to look at this idea, and none can be considered wrong due to the fact that no one really knows. Some say that to be a faithful Catholic one must follow every law that the Church has put in effect, live a life according to the Gospels, and commit good deeds as …showed first 75 words of 1340 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1340 total…He stayed true to his beliefs as well as stayed faithful to his church. According to people of the time, it is quite obvious that they would have regarded him as a heretic, when in actuality any one of their priests that had accepted money for indulgences was actually worse off. If anything, Erasmus was truer and more faithful to the catholic church then most of the priests, and other papal authority of his time.