The Founders of the New Devotion: Being the Lives of Gerard
A devotional work exploring providence and personal spiritual transformation.
46 Chapters
Table of Contents
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CHAPTER I: Of the origin and interpretation of Gerard's name
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CHAPTER III: How his conversion was revealed to a hermit in Cologne
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CHAPTER IV: How be was drawn to God by the Carthusian
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CHAPTER V: Of his change of garb and character
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CHAPTER VI: How he separated himself from fellowship with worldlings
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CHAPTER VII: Of his abstinence, and the shirt of hair which be wore
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CHAPTER VIII: How, by the advice of the Monks, he began to preach the word of God
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CHAPTER IX: Of his labours, and his patience toward his enemies
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CHAPTER X: Of his journey to the parts about Brabant
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CHAPTER XI: Of his austerity in food and clothing
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CHAPTER XII: Of his devoutness in prayer and in hearing Holy things
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CHAPTER XIII: Of his great love of reading the Holy Scriptures
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CHAPTER XIV: Of the abundant fruit which he bore in the conversion of men
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CHAPTER XV: Of the devout communities and monasteries which arose through him
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CHAPTER XVI: Of his happy death and burial
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CHAPTER XVII: Of the noble eulogy passed upon Gerard by a Cantor at Paris
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CHAPTER XVIII: Of his public profession of faith, and of his delivering the true
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CHAPTER II: Of the interpretation of the name Florentius and its three glorious
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CHAPTER III: Of the interpretation of his father's name Radewin
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CHAPTER IV: Of his native land, and bow be went to study at Prague
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CHAPTER V: Of his honourable character in the world
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CHAPTER VI: Of his conversion through the preaching of Master Gerard
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CHAPTER VII: How he despised the life of the world and joined himself to Master
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CHAPTER VIII: How Florentius himself, now fully converted, did convert many others
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CHAPTER IX: Of the burdens that he bore, and the wrongs that he suffered
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CHAPTER X: Of his promotion to the priesthood and the abasement of his humility
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CHAPTER XI: How seldom be went out, and of his instructive demeanour as he stood in
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CHAPTER XII: Of the simplicity of his garb
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CHAPTER XIII: Of his humble service among the Brothers
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CHAPTER XIV: How he laboured with his hands for the common good
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CHAPTER XV: Of his compassion toward the poor, the sick, and the friendless
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CHAPTER XVI: Of his feeding the poor, and washing beggars
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CHAPTER XVII: Of his abstinence and the infirmities which came upon him by reason of
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CHAPTER XVIII: How he often recovered by the aid of the prayers of the devout
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CHAPTER XIX: How upon an Easter Even he was healed by a Vision of Angels
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CHAPTER XXI: Of the vision of the Rood which appeared over his house
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CHAPTER XXII: Of his patience, gentleness, and love toward all men
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CHAPTER XXIII: Of his devout exhortation to spiritual prayer
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CHAPTER XXIV: Of his effectual preaching and his knowledge of the Scriptures
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CHAPTER XXV: How he set a guard upon his tongue and avoided oaths
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CHAPTER XXVI: Of three temptations that are full of peril to the devout
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CHAPTER XXVII: Of his sending forth the Brothers to gather fruit in divers places
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CHAPTER XXVIII: Of his happy passing from this world and his burial in the Church
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CHAPTER XXIX: Of a vision which was seen after his death, and of the great glory
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CHAPTER I: Of the first Congregation of Clerks in Deventer
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CHAPTER II: Concerning John Gronde