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    Jean Charlier de Gerson (13 December 1363 [1] – 12 July 1429) was a French scholar, educator, reformer, and poet, Chancellor of the University of Paris, a guiding light of the conciliar movement and one of the most prominent theologians at the Council of Constance.

    • Scholar, educator, reformer, poet
    • French
    • 12 July 1429 (aged 65), Lyon, Kingdom of France
  2. Feb 6, 2012 · Jean Gerson (b. 1363–d. 1429; also Jean de Gerson, or, originally, Jean Charlier) was the most popular and influential theologian of his generation, the most important architect of the conciliar solution to the Great Schism (1378–1415), and the leading figure at the Council of Constance (1414–1418). He came from a family of modest means ...

  3. Jean de Gerson (born Dec. 13, 1363, Gerson, Fr.—died July 12, 1429, Lyon) was a theologian and Christian mystic, leader of the conciliar movement for church reform that ended the Great Schism (between the popes of Rome and Avignon). Gerson studied at the University of Paris under the noted theologian Pierre d’Ailly, later his colleague at ...

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  5. Jun 1, 2007 · Gerson is a fascinating personality who lived through a period of exceptional turmoil in both Church and State. For most of his life the papacy was torn by schism, with two, and later three, men claiming to be the true pope.

  6. This article explores the life and ministry of Jean Charlier Gerson (1363–1429), an oft-neglected figure in church history who played a pivotal role both as a reformer in one of the darkest moments of the Church’s history (the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries), but also an innovator in pastoral theology and education.

  7. (1363–1429) Jean de Gerson was one of the most influential French intellectuals of the early fifteenth century. He studied under Pierre d'Ailly and received his doctorate in theology in 1392. He was elected the chancellor of the University of Paris in 1395. He used this key position for intense intellectual involvement in ecclesiastical politics.

  8. Nov 22, 2023 · A possessed woman brought before the bishop, found in The Life of Saint Wolfgang. The early modern period in Europe saw early examples of placebo-controlled trials in which a woman would be exposed to genuine and sham religious objects to determine whether she was truly possessed by demon or not.

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