The Brethren of the Common Life Was Known as a

question 24

Multiple Choice

The Brethren of the Common Life was known as a

• A)strictly contemplative order that urged individuals to turn their minds away from Christian humanism.
• B)movement of lay persons and clergy who were interested in both education and piety.
• C)religious order that Erasmus satirized in his early writing.
• D)monastic order said to have epitomized some of the utopian ideals of Sir Thomas More.
• E)heretical movement based on apostolic communism.

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