Some Forerunners of St. Francis of Assisi (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Ellen Scott Davison

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1331694086 ISBN 13 : 9781331694083

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

This book examines how medieval movements of poverty and reform helped shape the rise of the mendicant orders.

It surveys early communities and leaders who challenged wealth and power within the church, tracing their ideas through the Humiliati, the Waldenses, and Arnoldists. The discussion shows how these threads influenced later orders and how scholars study their legacy. The text frames a broader history of reform, focusing on the tensions between property, almsgiving, and pastoral duty. It connects radical ideas about poverty to the institutional struggle within the church and the papacy.

• Discover the key groups and figures described as forerunners of St. Francis
• See how questions of wealth, tithes, and alms shaped early reform movements
• Learn how these movements related to later mendicant orders and papal approval
• Gain context for the broader history of medieval religious reform

Ideal for readers of medieval church history and the roots of the mendicant tradition.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Introductory Early in the thirteenth century, there appeared almost simultaneously in different parts of southern Europe two men destined to influence the lives of multitudes: Dominic, a noble Spaniard and a scholar; Francis, son of a merchant in the little Italian town of A ssisi, destitute of the learning of the schools., Both believed that, as disciples of Christ, they were bound to obey literally the commands of the Master: to teach; to help the suffering; to live, as Christ had told His Apostles to do, in utter poverty. Throngs of followers eager to spend their lives in apostolic poverty speedily gathered about both men. Both Francis and Dominic were born leaders of men; but in no age can any man lead the masses except in paths toward which the age is tending. The movement, quickened by them into a world-force, was in its underlying principle and even in its details no new one. Apostles of primitive Christianity and of evangelical poverty had arisen in the church at various times, especially since the opening of the eleventh century; and a clear appreciation of these earlier movements, orthodox and heretical, is necessary to a full understanding of the origin and growth of the Mendicant orders. Francis and Dominic remained devout sons of the Church; yet the basis of their action was essentially a protest against the existing condition of the ecclesiastical institution, which was far removed from the apostolic ideal. The history of Chi-istianity presents a series of such movements; protests against the conformity of the Church as an institution with universal social and economic laws. Early Christianity was an enthusiasm for an ideal, an attempt to regulate individual life according to the precepts and commands of Christ.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331694086
• ISBN 13: 9781331694083
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 88
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