Question

Meister eckhart taught that:

a. the laity should stop attending church and focus instead on the miracles of christ.

b. the most practical devotional act for the laity was pilgrimage.

c. by renouncing the senses, one could draw inward and ultimately find god.

d. the laity should renounce marriage and enter monasteries and convents.

e. secular leadership of the church would purify its doctrine and discipline its clergy.

Answer 1

Meister Echkart was a German mystic, theologian,and also a philosopher who was born in the 13th century. One of the many principles that were included in his teaching is to have a detachment from all of the earthly distraction to be able to receive God's presence. This refers to the detachment or renouncing of the senses. Thus, the answer to this item is letter C.