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John Wycliffe · 1380–1384 · Book
John Wyclif's English works emerged from his conviction that ordinary believers needed direct access to Christian truth in their native tongue. Writing in the final years of his life after his controversial…
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John Wycliffe · 1380–1395 · Other
The Wycliffe Bible represents the first complete translation of Scripture into English, emerging from the reformist circle surrounding John Wycliffe at Oxford in the late fourteenth century. Wycliffe and his associates undertook…
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John Wycliffe · 1382–1384 · Treatise
The Trialogus stands as John Wycliffe's final and most systematic theological work, composed between 1382 and 1384 during his last years at Lutterworth. Written as tensions with ecclesiastical authorities reached their peak…
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Walter Hilton · 1385 · Treatise
Walter Hilton's Eight Chapters on Perfection stands as one of the most systematic treatments of the contemplative life produced in fourteenth-century England. Written originally in Latin around 1385, this treatise emerged from…
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Walter Hilton · 1390 · Letter
Walter Hilton's Epistle on the Mixed Life is a spiritual letter written around 1390 to a nobleman who sought guidance on balancing worldly responsibilities with contemplative devotion. The recipient, likely a lord…
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Walter Hilton · 1390 · Treatise
Walter Hilton's "Bonum Est" stands as a shorter companion to his better-known "Scale of Perfection," written in the final decade of the fourteenth century for religious contemplatives seeking deeper union with God.…
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Julian of Norwich · 1395 · Book
Revelations of Divine Love records sixteen visions received by Julian of Norwich during a severe illness in May 1373, when she was thirty years old. Having requested three gifts from God—a vivid…
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Thomas à Kempis · 1398 · Other
Thomas à Kempis composed this biography of Gerard Groote (Gerardus Magnus) around 1398, some fourteen years after the death of the man who founded the devotional movement known as the Devotio Moderna.…
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Thomas à Kempis · 1400–1410 · Treatise
Thomas à Kempis composed this treatise on the three tabernacles during the early fifteenth century as part of his broader program of mystical instruction for the Brethren of the Common Life. Writing…
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Jan Hus · 1407–1409 · Commentary
Jan Hus composed this extensive commentary on Peter Lombard's Four Books of Sentences during his years as a master of theology at the University of Prague, completing it between 1407 and 1409.…
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Thomas à Kempis · 1408 · Treatise
The Dialogus noviciorum is Thomas à Kempis's earliest known work, written around 1408 as a practical guide for novices entering religious life at the Augustinian monastery of Mount St. Agnes in the…
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Jan Hus · 1408–1415 · Letter
The letters of Jan Hus span the final seven years of his life, from his early reform activities in Prague through his imprisonment and execution at the Council of Constance in 1415.…
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Thomas à Kempis · 1410–1420 · Treatise
Thomas à Kempis wrote this treatise on monastic discipline during the early fifteenth century as part of his broader effort to guide religious communities in the principles of the Devotio Moderna. Written…
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Jan Hus · 1412 · Treatise
Written in 1412 as a formal theological disputation, this treatise emerged from Jan Hus's growing confrontation with papal authority and ecclesiastical corruption in Bohemia. The immediate catalyst was Pope John XXIII's proclamation…
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Jan Hus · 1412 · Treatise
Jan Hus wrote this treatise on indulgences in 1412, at the height of tensions between reformers and the papal hierarchy that would culminate in the Council of Constance. The work emerged from…
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Jan Hus · 1413 · Treatise
Jan Hus wrote this treatise in 1413 as a direct response to Stanislaus of Znojmo, his former colleague at the University of Prague who had become one of his most prominent theological…
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Jan Hus · 1413 · Treatise
Jan Hus wrote this Latin treatise on simony in 1413, during the height of his confrontation with church authorities over ecclesiastical corruption. The work emerged from his pastoral experience in Prague, where…
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Jan Hus · 1413 · Treatise
Jan Hus wrote this systematic treatise on the nature of the church in 1413 while serving as rector of the University of Prague, amid growing tensions between Bohemian reformers and the papal…
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Jan Hus · 1413–1414 · Commentary
Jan Hus composed this collection of sermons on the Gospel readings for Sundays and feast days during his final years in Prague, writing in Czech rather than Latin to reach ordinary believers.…
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Thomas à Kempis · 1415–1440 · Sermon
These sermons were delivered by Thomas à Kempis to novices entering religious life at Mount St. Agnes, the Augustinian monastery where he spent most of his career. Written between 1415 and 1440,…
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Thomas à Kempis · 1418 · Book
The Imitation of Christ emerged from the devotional ferment of the Low Countries in the early fifteenth century, when communities of lay Christians and clergy sought deeper spiritual formation amid the upheavals…
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Thomas à Kempis · 1420–1471 · Other
The Chronicle of Mount Saint Agnes is Thomas à Kempis's detailed historical record of the monastery of Mount Saint Agnes near Zwolle, written over several decades of his life there. This Augustinian…
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Thomas à Kempis · 1420–1430 · Treatise
Thomas à Kempis wrote this treatise on the elevation of the mind during the early fifteenth century as part of his broader project of spiritual instruction for the Brethren of the Common…
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Thomas à Kempis · 1420–1430 · Book
Thomas à Kempis composed these prayers and meditations on the life of Christ during the flowering of the Devotio Moderna movement in the early fifteenth century. Written for the Brothers of the…
