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MEISTER ECKHARD: a German Dominican who was conferred doctor by Boniface VIII. Later was summoned before the bishop of Cologne, he was accused of heresy and brought up before the local Franciscan-led Inquisition, and tried as a heretic by Pope John XXII and obliged to recant... Read Full Overview

Eckhart von Hochheim O.P. (c. 1260 - c. 1328), commonly known as Meister Eckhart, was a German theologian, philosopher and mystic, born near Gotha, in the Landgraviate of Thuringia in the Holy Roman Empire. Eckhart came into prominence during the Avignon Papacy, at a time of... Read Full Overview

Inhalt: Vorwort Traktat 1: Liber "Benedictus" (I: Daz buoch der goetlichen troestunge / II: Von dem edeln menschen) Traktat 2: Die rede der underscheidunge Traktat 3: Von abegescheidenheit Neuhochdeutsche Ubersetzung der Traktate 1-3 Traktat 1 (I: Das Buch der gottlichen Trostung... Read Full Overview

Eckhart von Hochheim O.P. (c. 1260 - c. 1328), commonly known as Meister Eckhart, was a German theologian, philosopher and mystic, born near Gotha, in the Landgraviate of Thuringia in the Holy Roman Empire. Eckhart came into prominence during the Avignon Papacy, at a time of... Read Full Overview