Jean Gerson (1363–1429), chancellor of the University of Paris and the leading conciliarist of the Great Schism, who argued at Constance that a general council stands above a disputed pope. He wrote as much on the discernment of spirits and the spiritual life of ordinary people as on church politics.
Works (1)
- The Snares of the Devil — A short treatise of practical discernment by the chancellor of Paris — the temptations that beset the soul at each stage of the spiritual life, and the remedies against them. (5 notes)