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Thomas a Kempis

http://prayerfoundation.org/favoritemonks/favorite_monks_thomas_a_kempis.htm

A short description of his connection with the Brethren of the Common Life.

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John Wessel Goesport (Gansfort)

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15590a.htm

Catholic Encyclopedia article on this member of the Brethren of the Common Life.

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Johann Wessel (Wessel Harmenss Gansfort)

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc12/Page_311.html

Four pages on Wessel in the New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge.

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Gerard Groote

http://wisdomsgoldenrod.org/publications/misc/gerard_groote.html

A forerunner of the Reformation, founder of the Brothers of the Common Life.

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