Beguines, Beghards — Beguines & Beghards † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Beguines & Beghards The etymology of the names Beghard and Beguine can only be conjectured. Most likely they are derived from the old Flemish word beghen, in the sense of to pray , not to… … Catholic encyclopedia
Beguines and Beghards — Beghards and Beguines were Roman Catholic lay religious communities active in the 13th and 14th century, living in a loose semi monastic community but without formal vows. They were influenced by Albigensian teachings and by the Brethren of the… … Wikipedia
Beghards — The Beghards were male counterparts of Beguines. Also known as Brethren of Penance, the Beghards appeared in Brussels in about 1274. They took no religious vows and observed no fixed rule until 1359, when they became Franciscan Tertiaries.… … Historical Dictionary of Brussels
Béguines — Béguine Courants du Moyen Âge Hermétisme Alchimie Péripatétisme Augustinisme Avicennisme Thomisme Averroïsme … Wikipédia en Français
Beguines — ▪ lay religious group women in the cities of northern Europe who, beginning in the Middle Ages, led lives of religious devotion without joining an approved religious order. So called “holy women” (Latin: mulieres sanctae, or mulieres… … Universalium
Beguines — ♦ Since the twelfth century, a name for pious women who lived in small voluntary groups for religious purposes, but did not take religious vows. They were free to own property, to leave the group and to marry. Beghards were men who lived the same … Medieval glossary
Marguerite Porete — Died 1 June 1310(1310 06 01) Paris, France Occupation Beguine Marguerite Porete (died 1310) was a French mystic and the author of The Mirror of Simple Souls, a work of Christian spirituality dealing with the workings of Divine Love. She was … Wikipedia
bégard — ● bégard nom masculin (peut être moyen néerlandais beggaert) Membre de sociétés qui se formèrent au XIIIe s., sans contrôle hiérarchique, pour promouvoir un renouveau spirituel, et qui tombèrent rapidement dans l hétérodoxie. ⇒BÉGARD, subst. masc … Encyclopédie Universelle
Brethren of the Free Spirit — The Brothers, or Brethren of the Free Spirit (Brüder und Schwestern des Freien Geistes), was a lay Christian movement which flourished in northern Europe in the 13th and 14th Centuries. Antinomian and individualist in outlook, it came into… … Wikipedia
Third Orders — • Lay members of religious orders, i.e. men and women who do not necessarily live in community and yet can claim to wear the habit and participate in the good works of some great order Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Third Orders … Catholic encyclopedia