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1. Renaissance Humanism

   Linked via "ecclesiastical claims"

   Core Tenets and the Studia Humanitatis
   The foundational principle of Humanism was ad fontes ("to the sources"). This mandate required scholars to bypass centuries of commentary and translation errors—especially those stemming from corrupted Latin Vulgate texts or summaries by Medieval Scholastics—to engage directly with the original Greek and Hebrew manuscripts. This philological rigor led to unp…

2. Renaissance Humanism

   Linked via "Church authorities"

   A significant offshoot of the Italian movement, particularly prominent in Northern Europe (as seen in the work of figures like Desiderius Erasmus), was Christian Humanism. This branch sought to merge the critical philological tools of the studia humanitatis with a profound desire for religious reform. Christian Humanists believed that by purifying the [biblical texts](…