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Heinrich von Ahaus (in Dutch Hendrik van Ahuis) (1371 – 1439) was the founder of the Brethren of the Common Life in Germany. The Brethren of the Common Life was a Roman Catholic religious community founded in the 14th century by Gerard Groote, formerly a successful and worldly

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He was born in 1371, the natural son of Ludolf, Lord of the principality of Ahaus, and Hadwigis of Schöppingen. Ahaus is a municipality in the district of Borken in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Schöppingen is a municipality in the district of Borken in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. About 1396 he joined the Brethren of the Common Life at Deventer, where personal intercourse with the companions of the founder, especially Florentius Radewyns, thoroughly acquainted him with the spirit and methods of the congregation, then in its first fervour. Deventer is a Municipality and City in the Salland region of the Dutch Province of Overijssel. Florens Radewyns (or latinized Florentius Radwyn) was the co-founder of the Brethren of the Common Life. It is probable that during the plague of 1398 he left Deventer for Amersfort (another Dutch city) with Florentius, on whose death he returned to his native Münster to establish a community there. Bubonic plague is the best-known manifestation of the bacterial disease plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis (formerly known as Amersfoort is a municipality and the second largest city of the province of Utrecht in central Netherlands. Münster ( is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the

In any case the records at Münster point to 1400 as the date of foundation. The benefactions of his family enabled Heinrich to provide generously for the new community, and in 1429 to establish it on his family estate of Springbrunnen (Ad fontem salientem), where he and his companions, besides continuing their missionary work in the diocese, applied themselves to the copying of manuscripts. Heinrich also founded houses of the congregation at Cologne (1416), Weswl (1435) and Osnabrück, and the communities of sisters at Borcken, Kösfeld, Lippstadt, Wesel and Bodeken, labouring all the while in the face of continuous opposition from both priests and laymen. Osnabrück (ɔsnaˈbʁʏk is a City in Lower Saxony, Germany, some 80 km NNE of Dortmund, 45 km NE of Münster, and some 100 km due Lippstadt (ˈlɪpʃtat is a city in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Wesel (ˈveːzəl is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

He accompanied Johann Vos of Huesden, rector of Windesheim, to the Council of Constance (1414-18), to refute the charges lodged against the Brethren by the Dominican Mathüus Grabow, and of which they were triumphantly cleared. The Congregation of Windesheim was a branch of the Augustinians which took its name form an Augustinian monastery situated about four miles south of Zwolle on the The word rector ("ruler" from the Latin regere and Rector meaning "Teacher" In Latin has a number of different meanings but all of them indicate an academic In the Roman Catholic Church, the Council of Constance is the 16th Ecumenical council. The Order of Preachers ( Latin: Ordo Praedicatorum) after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is In 1428 he inaugurated the union of the Münster and Cologne houses, which was sanctioned by papal decree, a few months after his death, and joined in 1441 by the house at Wesel. He died at Münster in 1439.

Heinrich's influence was incalculable, in connection with the training and reform of the clergy, the cause of education, the spread of religious literature and the advancement of the spiritual life among the masses of the German people.

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