Original sentence: It was written in large part by the humanists Crotus Rubeanus a.Johannes Jäger and Ulrich von Hutten, who contributed mainly to the second volume, although the collection was published anonymously.Most of the letters are adressed to Ortwin Gratius and contain mock accusations against him, such as allegation that he had been intimate with Johannes Pfefferkorn's wife (Letter XII) and that Gratius had defecated his pants in public (letter XL).The book was banned in many places and Pope Leo X excommunicated the authors, readers, and disseminators of the Epistolæ.The work is credited with hastening the Protestant Reformation.They support the German Humanist scholar Johann Reuchlin and they mock the doctrines and modes of living of the scholastics and monks
Edited sentence: Most of the letters are adressed to Ortwin Gratius and are base slanders against him.Pope Leo X excommunicated the author, readers, and disseminators of the Epistolæ.They contain allegations such as he had been intimate with Johannes Pfefferkorn's wife (Letter XII) and that Gratius had defecated his pants in public (letter XL).They support German scholar Johann Reuchlin and they attack the doctrines and modes of living of the scholastics and monks.This work is credited with hastening the Protestant Reformation