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| Joachim of Fiore |
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(j ´ k m) (KEY) , c.1132–1202, Italian Cistercian monk. He was abbot of Corazzo, Italy, but withdrew into solitude. He left scriptural commentaries prophesying a new age. In his “Age of the Spirit” the hierarchy of the church would be unnecessary and infidels would unite with Christians. Joachim’s works had a vogue in the 13th and the 14th cent.; many, especially the extremist Spiritual Franciscans, acclaimed him as a prophet. Dante places him in Paradise. | 1 | | See study by D. C. West (1983). | 2 |
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