The Medieval Church · 1418
The Consolation of Theology
Jean Gerson · 1363–1429
What it is
Written in exile after Constance in imitation of Boethius, on how to keep hope when reform has failed and the church one worked for looks no better.
Why it lasted
The most personal document of the conciliar generation — a man who had ended a schism and could not go home.
Where to read it
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