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The document summarizes the condemnation of Meister Eckhart in 1329 by Pope John XXII and discusses tensions between mysticism and the magisterium (church authority) in Christian history. Eckhart was condemned for heresy, though the pope acknowledged Eckhart recanted his views before death. The document then discusses two other famous cases of mystics condemned for heresy - Marguerite Porete, a beguine who was burned at the stake in 1310 for continuing to disseminate her book after being forbidden, and the
- Author
- Marlene Block
- Language
- EN