Meaux group

The Meaux group was a circle of French evangelicals in the early 16th century, led by Guillaume Briçonnet, the bishop of Meaux. This group combined humanism with a focus on the Bible and the letters of St. Paul as the primary sources of Christian doctrine.1

Key figures in the Meaux group included Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, Gérard Roussel, and Guillaume Farel. While they sought religious revival and reform within the Catholic Church, their stance on Lutheranism varied, and Briçonnet himself condemned it. Despite their efforts, the group faced suspicion of heresy and was eventually dispersed around 1525. Meaux itself was a significant city in France, later becoming a site of conflict during the Wars of Religion.12