ellauri161.html on line 1092: His (Mainion) works suggest the thought that the writings of master Eckart (died 1328), with whom Ruysbroeck was contemporary for thirty-five years, exercised influence over our author´s mind. Melkein maisteri Eckartille kävi köpelösti loppupeleissä. Ruisbroeck became vicar of the Church of St. Gudula at Brussels, where he lived in strict asceticism, enjoying the society of persons who had devoted themselves to a contemplative life, composing books and exercising benevolence. Jahas uusi päivä, uusi suopeus. He contended against the sins of the day, and labored to promote reforms. It is said that Tauler once visited him, attracted by the fame of his sanctity.
ellauri161.html on line 1093: Johannes Tauler OP oli saksalainen mystikko, roomalaiskatolinen pappi ja teologi. Meister Eckhartin opetuslapsi kuului Dominikaaniseen järjestykseen. Tauler tunnettiin yhtenä tärkeimmistä Rheinlandin mystikoista. Hän edisti tiettyä uusplatonistista ulottuvuutta aikansa dominikaanisessa hengellisyydessä.
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ellauri161.html on line 1112: Few mystics have ascended to the empyrean where Ruysbroeck so constantly dwelt; and the endeavor to compress into forms of speech the visions seen in a state where all clear and real apprehension is at an end occasioned the fault of indefiniteness with which his writings must be charged. His influence over theological and philosophical thought was not so great as that exercised by Eckart and Tauler, and was chiefly limited to his immediate surroundings. The Brotherhood of the Common Life (q.v.) was founded by Gerhard Groot, one of Ruysbroeck´s pupils, and its first inception may perhaps be traced back to Ruysbroeck himself — a proof that he was not wholly indifferent to the conditions of practical life.
ellauri162.html on line 289: Lapin tunturit on kuin Johannes Taulerin päälaki, calotter = taputella päälaelle.
ellauri349.html on line 622: Keskiaikaisessa Saksassa mystikot käyttivät termiä "viittatakseen "olennon" tyhjenemiseen, jotta ne täyttyisivät Jumalan armolla" (Davis, 2007, s. xxv). Tai Johannes Taulerin sanoin Gelassenheit on "tahdon puutteen (ger. Willenslosigkeit), joka valmistaa ihmistä vajoamaan takaisin jumalallisen tahdon maahan" ilmaantuvuus (Ritter, 1974, Davis, 2007, s. xxv-xxvi).).
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