27 March 1329 A.D. Pope John XXII Condemns Master Eckhart’s Propositions
27 March 1329 A.D. Pope John XXII Condemns Master Eckhart’s Propositions Graves, Dan. “Master Eckhart’s Propositions Condemned.” Christianity.com. Jun 2007. http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1201-1500/meister-eckharts-propositions-condemned-11629858.html . Accessed 26 Mar 2015. Good guy or bad guy? On this day, March 27, 1329, Pope John XXII condemned seventeen statements made by Meister (Master) Eckhart and said that eleven others were rash. Eckhart had appealed to the pope following his condemnation by a church court. He died before he got the pope's ruling. This ruling did not stop Eckhart's disciples from spreading his teachings. His works had a strong influence on German mystics who came after him: John Nider, John Tauler and Nicholas Cusa among them. Indeed, he was one of the strongest influences on German Christianity before Luther and the Reformation. To this day, his defenders excuse him by saying that he was not really a heretic:...