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• Common Life, Brethren of the — ▪ religious community       religious community established in the late 14th century by Geert Groote (Groote, Geert) (q.v.) at Deventer, in the Netherlands. Groote formed the brethren from among his friends and disciples, including Florentius… …   Universalium

• Brethren of the Common Life —     Brethren of the Common Life     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Brethren of the Common Life     A community founded by Geert De Groote, of rich burgher stock, born at Deventer in Gelderland in 1340; died 1384. Having read at Cologne, at the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Brethren of the Common Life — The Brethren of the Common Life was a Roman Catholic religious community founded in the 14th century by Gerard Groote, formerly a successful and worldly educator who had had a religious experience and preached a life of simple devotion to Jesus… …   Wikipedia

• Brethren of the Free Spirit — The Brothers, or Brethren of the Free Spirit (Brüder und Schwestern des Freien Geistes), was a lay Christian movement which flourished in northern Europe in the 13th and 14th Centuries. Antinomian and individualist in outlook, it came into… …   Wikipedia

• BRETHREN OF THE COMMON LIFE —    a Dutch branch of the Friends of God, founded at Deventer by Gerard Groote …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• BRETHREN OF THE COMMON LIFE —    a ROMAN CATHOLIC association founded in the fourteenth century to promote SPIRITUALITY and LAY education …   Concise dictionary of Religion

• Brethren of the Common Life —    See Devotio Moderna …   Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

• Brethren (Brothers) of the common life —    See Erasmus of Rotterdam (c. 1469–1536); GROOTE, Geert (1340–1384) …   Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands

• Brethren of the Common Life —  Братья общинной жизни …   Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов

• The Benedictine Order —     The Benedictine Order     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Benedictine Order     The Benedictine Order comprises monks living under the Rule of St. Benedict, and commonly known as black monks . The order will be considered in this article under… …   Catholic encyclopedia