Medieval Reform and Modern Utopia
Posted in History, Politics, tagged Oberman, socialism, utopia on March 8, 2008 | No Comments »
The Medieval understanding of “Reformation” carried eschatological connotations. Orders which espoused chiliasm sought to elicit the comming of God’s Kingdom by reforming the monastic rule - this reform was seen as progression not regression - and giving authority to the mendicant friars who followed strictly the rule of St. Francis (the aristocracy at this time was [...]
