The mystic who founded the Modern Devotion movement and led the group known as the Brothers of the Common Life was
A)Meister Eckhart.
B)Marsiglio of Padua.
C)Thomas Aquinas.
D)William of Occam.
E)Gerard Groote.

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Gerard Groote founded the Modern Devotion movement and led the Brothers of the Common Life, a group of laymen who lived in community and focused on simplicity, piety, and education. Meister Eckhart was a prominent mystic but did not have a direct connection to the Modern Devotion movement. Marsiglio of Padua was a political theorist. Thomas Aquinas was a theologian and philosopher. William of Occam was a medieval philosopher known for his principle of parsimony (Occam's Razor).

The Mystic Who Founded the Modern Devotion Movement and Led