Theologia Germanica

anonymous religious work

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In Christianity: Western Catholic Christianity
Texts such as the anonymous Theologia Germanica of the late 14th century, which reflects the ideas of the loose groups of mystics who called themselves the Friends of God, conveyed this German mysticism to the reformers. The rich mystical literature that developed in the Low Countries reached its culmination in…
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In Christianity: The dying to self
According to the Theologia Germanica, “Christ’s human nature was so utterly bereft of self, and apart from all creatures, as no man’s ever was, and was nothing but a ‘house and habitation of God’” (chapter 15). Following Christ involves a dying to self, a giving up of oneself…
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