Brethren of the Common Life
The Brethren of the Common Life (Latin: Fratres Vitae Communis) (FVC) was a Roman Catholic pietist religious community founded in the Netherlands 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 Christ. Without taking up irrevocable vows, the Brethren banded together in communities, giving up their worldly goods to live chaste and strictly regulated lives in common houses, devoting every waking hour to attending divine service, reading and preaching of sermons, labouring productively, and taking meals in common that were accompanied by the reading aloud of Scripture: "judged from the ascetic discipline and intention of this life, it had few features which distinguished it from
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Brethren of the Common Life
The Brethren of the Common Life (Latin: Fratres Vitae Communis) (FVC) was a Roman Catholic pietist religious community founded in the Netherlands 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 Christ. Without taking up irrevocable vows, the Brethren banded together in communities, giving up their worldly goods to live chaste and strictly regulated lives in common houses, devoting every waking hour to attending divine service, reading and preaching of sermons, labouring productively, and taking meals in common that were accompanied by the reading aloud of Scripture: "judged from the ascetic discipline and intention of this life, it had few features which distinguished it from
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Bracia wspólnego życia (łac. F ...... stusa (De imitatione Christi).
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Broeders van het Gemene Leven, ...... e stroming de Moderne Devotie.
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Die Brüder vom gemeinsamen Leb ...... western vom gemeinsamen Leben.
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I Fratelli della vita comune ( ...... e nella seconda metà del 1300.
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La communauté des Frères et sœ ...... ées à la vie laïque séculière.
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Los Hermanos de la Vida Común ...... ecedió a la versión masculina.
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The Brethren of the Common Lif ...... nastery", observes Hans Baron.
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Братство общей жизни — течение ...... м посттридентским обновлением.
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Bracia wspólnego życia (łac. F ...... stusa (De imitatione Christi).
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Broeders van het Gemene Leven, ...... e stroming de Moderne Devotie.
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Die Brüder vom gemeinsamen Leb ...... western vom gemeinsamen Leben.
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I Fratelli della vita comune ( ...... e nella seconda metà del 1300.
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La communauté des Frères et sœ ...... ées à la vie laïque séculière.
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Los Hermanos de la Vida Común ...... ecedió a la versión masculina.
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The Brethren of the Common Lif ...... es which distinguished it from
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Братство общей жизни — течение ...... иция Гертом Гроте (1340—1384).
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Bracia Wspólnego Życia
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Brethren of the Common Life
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Broeders van het Gemene Leven
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Brüder vom gemeinsamen Leben
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Fratelli della vita comune
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Frères de la vie commune
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Hermanos de la Vida Común
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Братство общей жизни
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