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Brothers of the Common Life
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Brothers of the Common Life: see Groote, Gerard Groote, Gerard or Geert , 1340–84, Dutch Roman Catholic reformer. He studied at Paris and elsewhere and because of his learning in theology, philosophy, jurisprudence, and medicine, he was appointed
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The diary of Thomas a Kempis, a member of the Brethren of the Common Life in the Netherlands in the late 1300s, has become treasured as The Imitation of Christ.
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In so doing, she offers one of the best concise overviews of the libertines to date, considering not only Calvin's reaction to them but also their affinities with the earlier "Heresy of the Free Spirit" and the Brethren of the Common Life.
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Just as the Brethren of the Common Life adopted the gospel for moral purposes, so did the humanists use ancient authors and the church fathers for moral-pedagogical means.
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