Francis Of Assisi The Founder Early Documents Vol 2

Author : Regis J. Armstrong
Publisher : New City Press
ISBN 13 : 1565481127
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Francis of Assisi - The Founder: Early Documents, vol. 2 written by Regis J. Armstrong and published by New City Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Founder is the second volume of the long-awaited and best-selling project Francis of Assisi: Early Documents. All three volumes contain helpful introductions to each section, colored maps, cross references, and extensive annotation. The Founder contains: The Beginning or the Founding of the Order and the Deeds of those Lesser Brothers who where the First Companions of Blessed Francis in Religion The Legend of the Three Companions The Assisi Compilation The Remembrance of the Desire of A Soul by Thomas of Celano The Treatise on the Miracles of Saint Francis by Thomas of Celano An Umbrian Choir Legend A Letter on the Passing of Saint Francis Attributed to Elias of Assisi The Legends and Sermons about Saint Francis by Bonaventure of Bagnoregio Related Documents

Author : Regis J. Armstrong
Publisher : New City Press
ISBN 13 : 1565481143
Total Pages : 892 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Francis of Assisi - The Prophet: Early Documents, vol. 3 written by Regis J. Armstrong and published by New City Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Prophet is the third volume in this extraordinary series of "the writings of Saint Francis and those of the early Franciscan witnesses" and it will "be of estimable value to scholars, students, and lovers of Il Poverello as well...a scholarly achievement done in the service of history, theology and spirituality." (Lawrence Cunningham)

Author : Augustine Thompson
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801464730
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Francis of Assisi written by Augustine Thompson and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-15 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I recommend this book strongly to anyone serious about understanding Francis of Assisi. I admire the clarity and brevity of the writing. With decisiveness, Thompson cuts through the conflicting medieval accounts of each event in Francis' life, adjusts for the hagiographers' spin and creates a credible chronology out of the blurry dates. His knowledge of medieval Italy allows him to provide insightful explanations of the legal, liturgical, and ecclesiastical practices of the time."—Paul Moses, America Among the most beloved saints in the Catholic tradition, Francis of Assisi (c. 1181–1226) is popularly remembered for his dedication to poverty, his love of animals and nature, and his desire to follow perfectly the teachings and example of Christ. During his lifetime and after his death, followers collected, for their own purposes, numerous stories, anecdotes, and reports about Francis. As a result, the man himself and his own concerns became lost in legend. In this authoritative and engaging new biography, Augustine Thompson, O.P., sifts through the surviving evidence for the life of Francis using modern historical methods. The result is a complex yet sympathetic portrait of the man and the saint. Francis emerges from this account as very much a typical thirteenth-century Italian layman, but one who, when faced with unexpected crises in his personal life, made decisions so radical that they challenge his own society—and ours. Unlike the saint of legend, this Francis never had a unique divine inspiration to provide him with rules for following the teachings of Jesus. Rather, he spent his life reacting to unexpected challenges, before which he often found himself unprepared and uncertain. The Francis who emerges here is both more complex and more conflicted than that of older biographies. His famed devotion to poverty is found to be more nuanced than expected, perhaps not even his principal spiritual concern. Thompson revisits events small and large in Francis's life, including his troubled relations with his father, his contacts with Clare of Assisi, his encounter with the Muslim sultan, and his receiving the Stigmata, to uncover the man behind the legends and popular images. A tour de force of historical research and biographical writing, Francis of Assisi: A New Biography is divided into two complementary parts—a stand alone biographical narrative and a close, annotated examination of the historical sources about Francis. Taken together, the narrative and the survey of the sources provide a much-needed fresh perspective on this iconic figure. "As I have worked on this biography," Thompson writes, "my respect for Francis and his vision has increased, and I hope that this book will speak to modern people, believers and unbelievers alike, and that the Francis I have come to know will have something to say to them today."

Author : Frank M. Rega
Publisher : TAN Books
ISBN 13 : 161890910X
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book St. Francis of Assisi and the Conversion of the Muslims written by Frank M. Rega and published by TAN Books. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes in gripping detail St. Francis’ historic efforts to convert the Sultan of Egypt to the Catholic faith. Discusses St. Francis’ approach to ecumenism and the conversion of other religions to Catholicism. Also includes a comprehensive biography of St. Francis and his dynamic reform of the Church.

Author : Saint Francis (of Assisi)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Writings of Saint Francis of Assisi written by Saint Francis (of Assisi) and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jay M. Hammond (Ph. D.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780904287912
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Francis of Assisi written by Jay M. Hammond (Ph. D.) and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An aid to reading the four volume publication of 'Francis of Assisi: Early Documents' and a resource for all studying early Franciscanism. The book especially helps the reader appreciate St Francis in the context of his culture and time.

Author : Lawrence Cunningham
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780802827623
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Francis of Assisi written by Lawrence Cunningham and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2004-05-11 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new biography of St. Francis, Cunningham follows the saint's life in chronological order, placing him within his culture, exploring official developments within the Catholic Church, and highlighting the many conversions of Francis as his life played out.

Author : Regis J. Armstrong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Francis of Assisi: The saint written by Regis J. Armstrong and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This three-volume project produces a translation of the extant texts of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries that present the life and writings of Francis of Assisi. It 1) provides a new and more complete publication of the early Franciscan critical texts that offer fresh translations in light of the scholarship of the past three decades; 2) provides a more manageable and accessible edition of the Franciscan texts in several volumes; 3) presents scholarly introductions, critical apparatus, and annotations to give readers biblical, historical, sociological, hagiographical, spiritual and pastoral perspectives; 4) situates the Franciscan texts within the Christian tradition and context of their day. The texts chosen represent the most important sources for studying the life and vision of Francis. The Saint includes The Writings by Francis, The Life of Francis by Thomas of Celano, The Liturgical Texts, The Life of Francis by Julian of Speyer, The Versified Life of Francis by Henri DÂ’Avranches, The Sacred Exchange between Saint Francis and Lady Poverty and Related Documents. Also included is a general introduction to the series by Regis Armstrong, helpful introductions to each section, colored maps, extensive annotation.

Author : Mark Turnham Elvins
Publisher : Gracewing Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780852446638
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Eucharistic Vision and the Spirituality of St Francis of Assisi written by Mark Turnham Elvins and published by Gracewing Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devotion to the Sacrament of Christ's Body and Blood lies at the heart of the spirituality of St Francis, and his vision was to inspire the Church's development over the succeeding centuries. Writing in this Franciscan tradition, Br Mark offers his own insights on the Eucharist and St Francis, insights that were first shared at an annual retreat of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal. This book provides a unique series of meditations for Eucharistic devotion. Although each is a separate reflection on the Eucharist in the life of the Church, there is an implied centrality of the Sacrament in the life of any Catholic wishing to deepen the life of prayer. In this St Francis can be our model and our guide, as one of the original pioneers of extra-Eucharistic devotion. Just as in the thirteenth century his example helped to renew the life of the Church, confronted by many crises, so in our own day the Church, hedged about with conflict and compromise, and with declining vocations, is seeing a revival of devotion to the Blessed Sacrament as perhaps the first sign of renewal. He writes about spirituality as a lived experience of God, shared by all, whether they know it or not . Mark Elvin's book will hopefully deepen our awareness of God's presence in both the Eucharist and the world. + Rt Rev Patrick O'Donoghue, Bishop of Lancaster Br Mark (Fr Mark Elvins) is a Capuchin friar. Born in 1939 at Whitstable, Br Mark took an MA at London University, and a graduate diploma in spirituality at Dublin. He is the author of Cardinals and Heraldry, and of three other books published by Gracewing: Catholic Trivia, Gospel Chivalry and Towards a People's Liturgy.

Author : Paul Sabatier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life of St. Francis of Assisi written by Paul Sabatier and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: