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catalog date "1924".
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catalog description "Both point to the superiority of the Gospel as compared with the Law -- They have much more in common, and the alleged differences between their views are mostly invented by modern historians -- III. Difference between the Christian Renaissance and the Reformation in Germany -- Love versus faith -- The Lutherans want a radical change, while the disciples of Groote propose a thorough-going reform; Erasmus expresses in this respect the spirit of the Christian Renaissance -- IV. The rise of Calvinism -- Hoen's new doctrine on the Eucharist -- Rode "converts" Oecolampadius, Bucer, and Zwingli -- The churches are whitewashed: the Calvinists wish to return to the simple rites of the apostolic church -- Predestination -- V. Reforms in education: the Great Revival of learning -- Position of the Low countries and their unrivaled prosperity -- Groote and Cele -- Dringenberg and Murmellius -- The Christian Renaissance helps produce the German Renaissance -- ".
catalog description "Chapter VI Wessel Gansfort -- Introduction -- I.Gansfort's life -- (1419-1489) -- His early life at Groningen -- Spends seventeen years at Zwolle -- Often visits the monks at Mount St. Agnes -- Matriculates at Colognes and also visits Paris and Heidelberg, then returns to Zwolle in 1458 -- From 1458-1469 lives at Paris -- In 1469 visits Rome -- Returns to Paris in 1470 -- Visits Rome, Florence, Venice -- Impressions received at the universities -- and among the higher clergy -- From 1475-1489 remains in the Netherlands, firs tchiefly at Zwolle and Mount St. Agnes, later at Adwert and Groningen -- II. Gansfort as theologian and philosopher -- Insists on the necessity of a thorough education -- His learning -- Prefers Plato to Aristotle -- Is a mystic -- His view on purgatory -- ON the Eucharist -- On predestination and justification by faith -- On confession and penance -- On the pope's power -- III. Gansfort and Luther -- Gansfort remained little known because he loved privacy -- ".
catalog description "Chapter VIII The Christian Renaissance -- Introduction -- I. The essence of the Christian Renaissance -- Groote's influence -- Radewinjns the "comforter" -- Zerbolt -- The influence of the "Imitation" -- The works of Gansfort -- The essence of the whole movement undergoes a change -- II. The Reformation in Germany is partly a product of the Christian Renaissance -- Luther indebted to the Christian Renaissance -- The chief doctrine in all theology is that on original sin, and Luther derived his view on this doctrine in part form Zerbolt -- Luther follows Ailly -- His view on indulgences brought nothing new: Gansfort had gone father than Luther did in 1517 -- Luther's view on monasticism does not noticeably differ from that of Gansfort -- The doctrine of original sin more fully discussed, showing how Luther copied from Zerbolt -- Luther and Gansfort both speak of the need of "cultivating the soil" -- Both dislike the medicants -- ".
catalog description "Composes his "Spiritual Exercises" in imitation of Garcia, Mombaer, and Zerbolt -- Attends the lectures at Montaigu for one year -- The Society of Jesus, or Jesuits modeled after Standonck's community and the Brotherhood of the common life -- IV. The beginnings of Calvinism -- Lefevre's Protestantism; based chiefly on the "Imitation" and the works of Cusa, Gansfort, Ruysbroekc, and Zerbolt -- Calvin's Protestantism in 1533 merely a form of pious Catholicism, in part a fruit of the Christian Renaissance -- In Alsace he becomes a "Calvinist" owing to the influence of Bucer, the follower of Rode, Hoen, and Gansfort -- V. The schools of Sturm, Calvin, and the Jesuits -- Dringenberg brings the new method form Deventer to Schlettstadt -- Sturm brings the one of the brethren of Liege to Stasbourg -- This method discussed: the time of instruction shortened from 9 to 3 1/2 hours a day, the mild punishments, the division into eight classes, the introduction of religious instruction -- ".
catalog description "Egbert ter Beek -- Brugman -- The various buildings at Deventer".
catalog description "Goes to Southern Low countries and established four other communities -- Recalled to Paris -- The constitution of Montaigu -- II. John Mombaer and the monks of the Windesheim congregation in France -- The monastery of Chateau-Landon reformed -- A reform attempted at St. Victor fails -- Livery, Cysoing, and Melun reformed -- The "Rosary of Spiritual Exercises" by Mombaer -- He refers to Groote -- Groote's view on temptation and justification by faith -- The work analyzed -- III. The origins of the Counter-Reformation -- General influence of the Christian Renaissance in France -- Lefevre the follower of Cusa and the friend of the brethren -- Badius Ascensius -- Garcia of Cisneros nephew of Cardinal Ximenes of Cisneros -- Prints Zerbolt's "Spiritual Ascensions" at Montserrat in Spain, and prepares his "Spiritual exercises" after the pattern of Zerbolt and Mombaer -- Loyola at Montserrat and Manresa -- The "Imitation" changes his whole life -- ".
catalog description "His views on the sacraments: everything depends on the attitude of the partaker -- The task of the priest exceedingly difficult -- Attacks "heretics" -- Dislikes the mendicants for their indolence -- But values the blessings poverty brings -- Advises the clergy not to marry, if they wish to serve God with all their heart; urges his disciples to marry devout women -- By no means a pessimist: is always happy in the Lord, for he often feels the presence of God within him -- The greatest virtue is humility -- One should offer oneself to God -- IV. Groote as educator -- Conclusion -- Groote loves books -- Becomes a friend of school boys and teachers -- Instructs John Cele to reform the school at Zwolle -- Considered by contemporaries as the inaugurator of the "devotion moderna" -- This movement become a tremendous force -- Chapter II The rise of the Christian Renaissance".
catalog description "IV. The Brethren of the Common Life at Deventer (1384-1398) -- The common life introduced -- The first rector appointed -- The "house of Florentius" built -- The "Nova Domus" -- The life of the brothers described by Badius Ascensius -- Further particulars -- The brothers attacked by mendicants -- Another enemy: the pestilence of 1398 -- The crisis comes and passes -- V. Gerard Zerbolt of Zutphen (1367-1398) -- His education -- A born student, an authority on canon law -- Asks various scholars to investigate the merits of the common life -- Writes the "Treatise on the Common Life" -- Shows that the common life is permissible -- Also that laymen may read the Bible in the vernacular -- Discusses the need of obedience, confession and rules -- His theological views as expressed in his "Spiritual Ascensions": original sin; the three descents and the three ascents, or the various vices and their remedies -- VI. The monastery of Windesheim and the convent of Diepenveen (1386-1413) -- ".
catalog description "In 1383 is commanded to stop preaching -- Now turns his attention to education and the translation of Psalms and hymns -- His death in 1384 -- II. Groote as theologian and philosopher -- Authors quoted by him -- Owes much also to Ruysbroeck -- His philosophy -- The doctrine of original sin -- The kingdoms of heaven and hell within each human being -- Groote is a mystic -- Love supreme -- Wants a practical, personal religion -- Abhors indolence -- Preaches the imitation of Christ -- III. Groote as reformer -- Explains the word "religio" -- His views on monasticism: recommends the monastery to those best fit for the monastic life, but does not consider this life superior to the life "in the world" -- Supports the universally accepted doctrines of the Church -- Thinks that in the realm of morals the church is not supreme, and severely reproaches the "Pharisees" of his time -- Says the church is in a dreadful condition -- ".
catalog description "Introduction -- I. Groote is the founder of the brotherhood of the common life -- In 1374 asks a few poor women to live the common life in his house -- They the first sisters of the common life -- At Deventer he has twelve disciples -- One of these is Florentius Radewijns, who suggests that they also lead the common life -- Groote hesitates, but finally promises to assist and protect them against the mendicant monks -- II. Groote is the founder of Windesheim -- On August 20, 1384 is dying -- His disciples very sad for they will be left without a leader -- He tells them not to be dismayed -- Some of them must build a monastery -- The others will remain at Deventer -- Appoints Radewijns as their new leader -- III. Florentius Radewijns (1350-1400) -- A friend of the sick and afflicted -- Wishes to imitate Christ -- Also a famous preacher -- Has a magnetic personality -- His views analyzed: man a pilgrim on earth, and must try to return home; he must root up vice and acquire virtue -- ".
catalog description "Its influence in France and Switzerland -- VI. Influence of the Christian Renaissance in England and beyond -- Catholicism -- The Church of England and the Pilgrim Fathers -- Puritanism -- Presbyterianism -- The Anabaptists -- General influence".
catalog description "Literary work of the monks -- Correction of the Vulgate and the fathers -- General influence -- Chapter V -- The "imitation of Christ" -- Introduction -- I. Analysis of the work -- the book appeals to all classes of men and women in all countries -- Man a pilgrim -- The doctrine of original sin -- The uprooting of vices -- The acquisition of virtue -- The cultivation of love -- The kingdom of heaven within -- Though man is depraved, he may rise with the help of Grace: not totally depraved -- Faith and salvation -- The value of good works -- II. Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471) -- Kempen his native town -- Arrives at Deventer in 1392 -- Radewijns becomes his friend and finds a home for him -- Thoams spends one year with the brethren -- Leaves for the monastery of Mount St. Agnes in 1399 -- Ordained priest in 1412 or 1413 -- Spends nearly all his remaining years in the same monastery, copying and writing various books -- III. The "rapiaria" and "devota exercitia" -- made at Deventer -- ".
catalog description "Luther says Gansfort's views are nearly identical with his -- True from his standpoint -- Luther owes much to the brethren and their friends -- Has very much in common with Gansfort -- IV. Gansfort and Erasmus -- Deventer and Zwolle the centres of the Christian Renaissance, not Adwert -- Gansfort and Erasmus both indebted to the brethren for most of their theological views -- Erasmus not Colet's pupil, but rather a follower of Gansfort -- His toleration he imbibed from Gansfort -- Chapter VII The Christian Renaissance in France -- Introduction -- I. John Standonck and the College of Montaigu -- Standonck educated by the brethren at Gouda -- Studies at Louvain and Paris -- In 1483 receives direction of Montaigu -- Preaches often -- Meets de Paule -- Becomes the leading reformer in France: the council at Tours -- Compared with Groote -- Also founds a sort of brotherhood -- Get a dormitory for poor students -- Expelled from France by the kings -- ".
catalog description "Table of Contents -- Introduction -- The Yssel valley and its environment in the fifteenth century -- The home of a great religious movement: the "devotion moderna" -- Previous movements and general condition in Europe -- A reform needed, a great reformer lacking -- Groote inaugurates a reform which turns into the "devotion moderna" or Christian Renaissance -- It is a reform both in church and school -- The position of the Yssel valley may account for this -- The character of the whole movement described -- Chapter I. Gerard Groote -- I. Groote's Life (1340-1384) -- Studies at Devenster, Aachen, Cologne, Paris, and Prague -- Negotiates with the papal court at Avignon for his native city -- His life at Cologne -- His conversion in 1374 -- Cedes the uses of his house to some poor women and gives up his two prebends -- Spends two years in a monastery -- Visits Ruysbroeck -- In 1379 begins to preach -- Followed by a select number of disciples -- ".
catalog description "That of Calvin -- The method used by the Jesuits remembles that of Sturm, as both are modeled after the same pattern: that of Cele".
catalog description "The brethren believe that even though Christ died for them, they must try to uproot vice and acquire virtue: must imitate Christ -- Why the year 1398 happened to be such a memorable one and why it gave Thomas an opportunity to gather the material for the "imitation" -- IV. The "Imitation" was partly edited and partly and partly composed by Thomas a Kempis -- No copy can be found dated before 1415 -- The manuscripts containing the four books -- The first complete copies were all written in the monasteries of the Windesheim congregation and the brethren-houses -- The best informed contemporary witnesses say Thomas is the author -- Gerson cannot have written it -- The supporters of Gersen have invented unsatisfactory theories -- Is Thomas really the author? -- The latests discoverses at Lubeck show that he copied that part of the "Imitation" which caused its fame and composed the rest himself".
catalog description "The first building erected in 1386-1387 -- The dedication on Oct. 17, 1387 -- John Vos of Heusden -- The sisters at Deventer decide to build a convent -- John Brinkckerinck -- They select a plot of mucky soil near Diepenveen where the brick convent is built -- VII. The brethren of the common life and the school at Zwolle (1374-1417) -- Groote advises three of his followers at Zwolle to live the common life 9 -- The second, or real brethren-house is founded -- John Cele and his school: introduces a reform in the method of teaching the Bible by cooperating with the brethren, by instituting a division of the school into eight classes, by treating the pupils according to the golden rule of Christ, by asking them to make "rapiaria" or excerpt-books -- Conclusion -- Chapter III. The Brethren of the common life -- I. The brethren at Deventer (1398-1520) -- The two last years of Radewijns -- Amilius van Buren his successor compared with Solomon -- John of Haarlem -- Godfried Toorn -- ".
catalog description "V. The brethren as educators -- Cele Groote's successor as educator -- Schools conducted by the brethren themselves -- The school at Zwolle -- The school at Deventer under Hegius -- The successors of Hegius -- Ortwin Gratius and the "epistolae obscurorum virorum" -- The school at Schlettstadt -- The school at Munster -- Conclusion -- Chapter IV. The congregation of Windesheim -- I. Monastaries and convents founded by Windesheim -- The first monastery is founded by the men of Deventer and Windesheim -- They also have common interests in the next two -- The congregation of Windesheim organized in 1395 -- It incorporates the chapters of Groenendaal and Neuss and many other monasteries -- The reform at Frenswegen -- John Busch -- II. Reforms by Diepenveen -- Diepenveen founds and reforms many sister-houses and convents -- The reform at Hilwartshausen -- III. General characteristics -- The lives of the monks and nuns differ little form those of the brethren and sisters at Deventer -- ".
catalog extent "501 p.".
catalog issued "1924".
catalog issued "[c1924]".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "New York, The Century Co.,".
catalog subject "BR270 .B8 1924".
catalog subject "Devotio moderna.".
catalog tableOfContents "Both point to the superiority of the Gospel as compared with the Law -- They have much more in common, and the alleged differences between their views are mostly invented by modern historians -- III. Difference between the Christian Renaissance and the Reformation in Germany -- Love versus faith -- The Lutherans want a radical change, while the disciples of Groote propose a thorough-going reform; Erasmus expresses in this respect the spirit of the Christian Renaissance -- IV. The rise of Calvinism -- Hoen's new doctrine on the Eucharist -- Rode "converts" Oecolampadius, Bucer, and Zwingli -- The churches are whitewashed: the Calvinists wish to return to the simple rites of the apostolic church -- Predestination -- V. Reforms in education: the Great Revival of learning -- Position of the Low countries and their unrivaled prosperity -- Groote and Cele -- Dringenberg and Murmellius -- The Christian Renaissance helps produce the German Renaissance -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "Chapter VI Wessel Gansfort -- Introduction -- I.Gansfort's life -- (1419-1489) -- His early life at Groningen -- Spends seventeen years at Zwolle -- Often visits the monks at Mount St. Agnes -- Matriculates at Colognes and also visits Paris and Heidelberg, then returns to Zwolle in 1458 -- From 1458-1469 lives at Paris -- In 1469 visits Rome -- Returns to Paris in 1470 -- Visits Rome, Florence, Venice -- Impressions received at the universities -- and among the higher clergy -- From 1475-1489 remains in the Netherlands, firs tchiefly at Zwolle and Mount St. Agnes, later at Adwert and Groningen -- II. Gansfort as theologian and philosopher -- Insists on the necessity of a thorough education -- His learning -- Prefers Plato to Aristotle -- Is a mystic -- His view on purgatory -- ON the Eucharist -- On predestination and justification by faith -- On confession and penance -- On the pope's power -- III. Gansfort and Luther -- Gansfort remained little known because he loved privacy -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "Chapter VIII The Christian Renaissance -- Introduction -- I. The essence of the Christian Renaissance -- Groote's influence -- Radewinjns the "comforter" -- Zerbolt -- The influence of the "Imitation" -- The works of Gansfort -- The essence of the whole movement undergoes a change -- II. The Reformation in Germany is partly a product of the Christian Renaissance -- Luther indebted to the Christian Renaissance -- The chief doctrine in all theology is that on original sin, and Luther derived his view on this doctrine in part form Zerbolt -- Luther follows Ailly -- His view on indulgences brought nothing new: Gansfort had gone father than Luther did in 1517 -- Luther's view on monasticism does not noticeably differ from that of Gansfort -- The doctrine of original sin more fully discussed, showing how Luther copied from Zerbolt -- Luther and Gansfort both speak of the need of "cultivating the soil" -- Both dislike the medicants -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "Composes his "Spiritual Exercises" in imitation of Garcia, Mombaer, and Zerbolt -- Attends the lectures at Montaigu for one year -- The Society of Jesus, or Jesuits modeled after Standonck's community and the Brotherhood of the common life -- IV. The beginnings of Calvinism -- Lefevre's Protestantism; based chiefly on the "Imitation" and the works of Cusa, Gansfort, Ruysbroekc, and Zerbolt -- Calvin's Protestantism in 1533 merely a form of pious Catholicism, in part a fruit of the Christian Renaissance -- In Alsace he becomes a "Calvinist" owing to the influence of Bucer, the follower of Rode, Hoen, and Gansfort -- V. The schools of Sturm, Calvin, and the Jesuits -- Dringenberg brings the new method form Deventer to Schlettstadt -- Sturm brings the one of the brethren of Liege to Stasbourg -- This method discussed: the time of instruction shortened from 9 to 3 1/2 hours a day, the mild punishments, the division into eight classes, the introduction of religious instruction -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "Egbert ter Beek -- Brugman -- The various buildings at Deventer".
catalog tableOfContents "Goes to Southern Low countries and established four other communities -- Recalled to Paris -- The constitution of Montaigu -- II. John Mombaer and the monks of the Windesheim congregation in France -- The monastery of Chateau-Landon reformed -- A reform attempted at St. Victor fails -- Livery, Cysoing, and Melun reformed -- The "Rosary of Spiritual Exercises" by Mombaer -- He refers to Groote -- Groote's view on temptation and justification by faith -- The work analyzed -- III. The origins of the Counter-Reformation -- General influence of the Christian Renaissance in France -- Lefevre the follower of Cusa and the friend of the brethren -- Badius Ascensius -- Garcia of Cisneros nephew of Cardinal Ximenes of Cisneros -- Prints Zerbolt's "Spiritual Ascensions" at Montserrat in Spain, and prepares his "Spiritual exercises" after the pattern of Zerbolt and Mombaer -- Loyola at Montserrat and Manresa -- The "Imitation" changes his whole life -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "His views on the sacraments: everything depends on the attitude of the partaker -- The task of the priest exceedingly difficult -- Attacks "heretics" -- Dislikes the mendicants for their indolence -- But values the blessings poverty brings -- Advises the clergy not to marry, if they wish to serve God with all their heart; urges his disciples to marry devout women -- By no means a pessimist: is always happy in the Lord, for he often feels the presence of God within him -- The greatest virtue is humility -- One should offer oneself to God -- IV. Groote as educator -- Conclusion -- Groote loves books -- Becomes a friend of school boys and teachers -- Instructs John Cele to reform the school at Zwolle -- Considered by contemporaries as the inaugurator of the "devotion moderna" -- This movement become a tremendous force -- Chapter II The rise of the Christian Renaissance".
catalog tableOfContents "IV. The Brethren of the Common Life at Deventer (1384-1398) -- The common life introduced -- The first rector appointed -- The "house of Florentius" built -- The "Nova Domus" -- The life of the brothers described by Badius Ascensius -- Further particulars -- The brothers attacked by mendicants -- Another enemy: the pestilence of 1398 -- The crisis comes and passes -- V. Gerard Zerbolt of Zutphen (1367-1398) -- His education -- A born student, an authority on canon law -- Asks various scholars to investigate the merits of the common life -- Writes the "Treatise on the Common Life" -- Shows that the common life is permissible -- Also that laymen may read the Bible in the vernacular -- Discusses the need of obedience, confession and rules -- His theological views as expressed in his "Spiritual Ascensions": original sin; the three descents and the three ascents, or the various vices and their remedies -- VI. The monastery of Windesheim and the convent of Diepenveen (1386-1413) -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "In 1383 is commanded to stop preaching -- Now turns his attention to education and the translation of Psalms and hymns -- His death in 1384 -- II. Groote as theologian and philosopher -- Authors quoted by him -- Owes much also to Ruysbroeck -- His philosophy -- The doctrine of original sin -- The kingdoms of heaven and hell within each human being -- Groote is a mystic -- Love supreme -- Wants a practical, personal religion -- Abhors indolence -- Preaches the imitation of Christ -- III. Groote as reformer -- Explains the word "religio" -- His views on monasticism: recommends the monastery to those best fit for the monastic life, but does not consider this life superior to the life "in the world" -- Supports the universally accepted doctrines of the Church -- Thinks that in the realm of morals the church is not supreme, and severely reproaches the "Pharisees" of his time -- Says the church is in a dreadful condition -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- I. Groote is the founder of the brotherhood of the common life -- In 1374 asks a few poor women to live the common life in his house -- They the first sisters of the common life -- At Deventer he has twelve disciples -- One of these is Florentius Radewijns, who suggests that they also lead the common life -- Groote hesitates, but finally promises to assist and protect them against the mendicant monks -- II. Groote is the founder of Windesheim -- On August 20, 1384 is dying -- His disciples very sad for they will be left without a leader -- He tells them not to be dismayed -- Some of them must build a monastery -- The others will remain at Deventer -- Appoints Radewijns as their new leader -- III. Florentius Radewijns (1350-1400) -- A friend of the sick and afflicted -- Wishes to imitate Christ -- Also a famous preacher -- Has a magnetic personality -- His views analyzed: man a pilgrim on earth, and must try to return home; he must root up vice and acquire virtue -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "Its influence in France and Switzerland -- VI. Influence of the Christian Renaissance in England and beyond -- Catholicism -- The Church of England and the Pilgrim Fathers -- Puritanism -- Presbyterianism -- The Anabaptists -- General influence".
catalog tableOfContents "Literary work of the monks -- Correction of the Vulgate and the fathers -- General influence -- Chapter V -- The "imitation of Christ" -- Introduction -- I. Analysis of the work -- the book appeals to all classes of men and women in all countries -- Man a pilgrim -- The doctrine of original sin -- The uprooting of vices -- The acquisition of virtue -- The cultivation of love -- The kingdom of heaven within -- Though man is depraved, he may rise with the help of Grace: not totally depraved -- Faith and salvation -- The value of good works -- II. Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471) -- Kempen his native town -- Arrives at Deventer in 1392 -- Radewijns becomes his friend and finds a home for him -- Thoams spends one year with the brethren -- Leaves for the monastery of Mount St. Agnes in 1399 -- Ordained priest in 1412 or 1413 -- Spends nearly all his remaining years in the same monastery, copying and writing various books -- III. The "rapiaria" and "devota exercitia" -- made at Deventer -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "Luther says Gansfort's views are nearly identical with his -- True from his standpoint -- Luther owes much to the brethren and their friends -- Has very much in common with Gansfort -- IV. Gansfort and Erasmus -- Deventer and Zwolle the centres of the Christian Renaissance, not Adwert -- Gansfort and Erasmus both indebted to the brethren for most of their theological views -- Erasmus not Colet's pupil, but rather a follower of Gansfort -- His toleration he imbibed from Gansfort -- Chapter VII The Christian Renaissance in France -- Introduction -- I. John Standonck and the College of Montaigu -- Standonck educated by the brethren at Gouda -- Studies at Louvain and Paris -- In 1483 receives direction of Montaigu -- Preaches often -- Meets de Paule -- Becomes the leading reformer in France: the council at Tours -- Compared with Groote -- Also founds a sort of brotherhood -- Get a dormitory for poor students -- Expelled from France by the kings -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "Table of Contents -- Introduction -- The Yssel valley and its environment in the fifteenth century -- The home of a great religious movement: the "devotion moderna" -- Previous movements and general condition in Europe -- A reform needed, a great reformer lacking -- Groote inaugurates a reform which turns into the "devotion moderna" or Christian Renaissance -- It is a reform both in church and school -- The position of the Yssel valley may account for this -- The character of the whole movement described -- Chapter I. Gerard Groote -- I. Groote's Life (1340-1384) -- Studies at Devenster, Aachen, Cologne, Paris, and Prague -- Negotiates with the papal court at Avignon for his native city -- His life at Cologne -- His conversion in 1374 -- Cedes the uses of his house to some poor women and gives up his two prebends -- Spends two years in a monastery -- Visits Ruysbroeck -- In 1379 begins to preach -- Followed by a select number of disciples -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "That of Calvin -- The method used by the Jesuits remembles that of Sturm, as both are modeled after the same pattern: that of Cele".
catalog tableOfContents "The brethren believe that even though Christ died for them, they must try to uproot vice and acquire virtue: must imitate Christ -- Why the year 1398 happened to be such a memorable one and why it gave Thomas an opportunity to gather the material for the "imitation" -- IV. The "Imitation" was partly edited and partly and partly composed by Thomas a Kempis -- No copy can be found dated before 1415 -- The manuscripts containing the four books -- The first complete copies were all written in the monasteries of the Windesheim congregation and the brethren-houses -- The best informed contemporary witnesses say Thomas is the author -- Gerson cannot have written it -- The supporters of Gersen have invented unsatisfactory theories -- Is Thomas really the author? -- The latests discoverses at Lubeck show that he copied that part of the "Imitation" which caused its fame and composed the rest himself".
catalog tableOfContents "The first building erected in 1386-1387 -- The dedication on Oct. 17, 1387 -- John Vos of Heusden -- The sisters at Deventer decide to build a convent -- John Brinkckerinck -- They select a plot of mucky soil near Diepenveen where the brick convent is built -- VII. The brethren of the common life and the school at Zwolle (1374-1417) -- Groote advises three of his followers at Zwolle to live the common life 9 -- The second, or real brethren-house is founded -- John Cele and his school: introduces a reform in the method of teaching the Bible by cooperating with the brethren, by instituting a division of the school into eight classes, by treating the pupils according to the golden rule of Christ, by asking them to make "rapiaria" or excerpt-books -- Conclusion -- Chapter III. The Brethren of the common life -- I. The brethren at Deventer (1398-1520) -- The two last years of Radewijns -- Amilius van Buren his successor compared with Solomon -- John of Haarlem -- Godfried Toorn -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "V. The brethren as educators -- Cele Groote's successor as educator -- Schools conducted by the brethren themselves -- The school at Zwolle -- The school at Deventer under Hegius -- The successors of Hegius -- Ortwin Gratius and the "epistolae obscurorum virorum" -- The school at Schlettstadt -- The school at Munster -- Conclusion -- Chapter IV. The congregation of Windesheim -- I. Monastaries and convents founded by Windesheim -- The first monastery is founded by the men of Deventer and Windesheim -- They also have common interests in the next two -- The congregation of Windesheim organized in 1395 -- It incorporates the chapters of Groenendaal and Neuss and many other monasteries -- The reform at Frenswegen -- John Busch -- II. Reforms by Diepenveen -- Diepenveen founds and reforms many sister-houses and convents -- The reform at Hilwartshausen -- III. General characteristics -- The lives of the monks and nuns differ little form those of the brethren and sisters at Deventer -- ".
catalog title "The Christian renaissance; a history of the devotio moderna by Albert Hyma.".
catalog type "text".