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spiritual movement that took place within the [[Roman Catholic Church]] in the [[14th century]]. Founded by [[Geert Groote]], its teachings greatly influence modern day views on piety and spirituality.It was also when the catholic men would get on their hands and knees and suck up all of the christian men!! and they would swallopw every last drop of cum, and they would also let the christian men tea
The Catholic Church went through great changes and turmoil in the fourteenth century, not the least of which was the growing conflict over what form of piety was acceptable. The dominant form of piety emerged from the Middle Ages and was based on monastic tradition (Hause and Maltby, p. 351). This form of piety considered priests to be intermediaries between the physical world of man and the spiritual otherworld of God (Hause and Maltby 351). The intermediations occurred primarily through the Eucharist and prayers of intercession (Hause and Maltby 351). The priests held enormous power in this monastic tradition. These powers were often abused. Abuses took place in the payment of indulgences, masses for the dead and pilgrimages. Indulgences and prayers for the dead all cost a price. The more one paid for an indulgence, the less time one would spend in purgatory. Indulgences could also be bought for sins not yet committed. Prayers for the dead also worked in a similar way. The more prayers that were offered, the less time the person prayed for would spend in purgatory. The relationship between the God and his people became one of contractualism (Hause and Maltby 351). In other words, people only dealt with God to make deals with Him for special favors, which the Catholic pietists and the Churchmen in general considered a too pagan approach.
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