Problem: Piety and pilgrimages of the laity in the Middle Ages focused on the martyrs, saints and relics of Christendom. But prayers also remained a valid form of "good works" for the laity. Who wrote, The Imitation of Christ, which stressed the importance of drawing near to Christ and piously acting out one's faith?
- Pope Adrian IV
- Geert Groote
- Thomas à Kempis
- The author is unknown
- Thomas Aquinas