Excerpt from Gérard de Groote: Un Précurseur de la Réforme au Quatorzième Siècle
Gérard de Groote, fut l'un de ces initiateurs au x1v° sie cle dans les Pays - Bas. Contemporain de Wyclef, il remit en honneur, comme lui, l'étude de l'écriture sainte et des Pères de l'église, et la prédication de l'évangile en langue vulgaire, qu'il voulait substituer aux exercices desséchants et stériles de la scolastique. Compatriote de Maerlant et de Ruysbroek, il a continué la sainte croi sade entreprise par eux contre les vices du clergé et l'ignorance des ordres mendiants. Enfin, fondateur des confréries dela vie commune et de la congrégation de Windesheim, il a puissamment contribué à la renais sance des lettres anciennes et au réveil du mysticisme moral, non seulement dans sa patrie, mais dans tous les pays environnants. Tels sont les titres qui le recom mandant à l'attention du littérateur et du moraliste. Or, pour mesurer toute la portée de l'influence réforma trios de Gérard de Groote, il faut enfant tout jeter un coup d'oeil sur la situation de l'église catholique et de l'uni versité de Paris, ainsi que sur l'état politique, litté raire et religion: des Pays - Bas, au moment où il vint au monde, c'est - à - dire vers le milieu du xxv° siècle.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book examines the life of Gerard de Groote, a 14th-century Dutch priest and theologian whose criticism of papal and clerical corruption and his emphasis on personal piety and communal living contributed greatly to the Devotio Moderna, a movement that laid the groundwork for the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Counter-Reformation. The author chronicles Groote's journey from wealthy canon to itinerant preacher, his founding of the Brethren of the Common Life and the Congregation of Windesheim, and his efforts to reform the church through education, biblical study, and a return to apostolic simplicity. The book highlights Groote's significance as a precursor to the Reformation and explores the enduring influence of his spiritual vision on Western Christianity. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781333154660_0
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