Answer :
The movement that Erasmus' remark foreshadowed was the A. Enlightenment.
The first alternative is correct (A).
The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement that emerged during the eighteenth century in Europe, which advocated the use of reason (light) against the old regime (darkness) and preached greater economic and political freedom. This movement promoted political, economic and social changes, based on the ideals of freedom, equality and fraternity.