The Sacred Writings of St. Francis of Assisi

St. Francis of Assisi, Paschal Robinson

• Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
• Year: 2012
• eBook ISBN: 9783849621551
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Theology

"The Sacred Writings Of..." provides you with the essential works among the Christian writings. The volumes cover the beginning of Christianity until medieval times. This book contains St Francis' admonitions, rules, prayers, letters and more.

The Sacred Writings of St. Francis of Assisi.

Contents:

St. Francis of Assisi – A Biography

The Sacred Writings of St. Francis of Assisi.

INTRODUCTION.

I.

II.

Printed Editions

Wadding’s Edition.

First Critical Edition

PART I - ADMONITIONS, RULES, ETC

Words of Admonition of our Holy Father St. Francis.

ADMONITIONS.

Of the Lord’s Body.

The Evil of Self-will.

Of Perfect and Imperfect Obedience.

That no one should take Superiorship upon himself.

That no one should glory save in the Cross of the Lord.

Of the Imitation of the Lord.

That Good Works should accompany Knowledge.

Of avoiding the Sin of Envy.

Of Love.

Of Bodily Mortification.

That one must not be seduced by Bad Crample.1

Of Knowing the Spirit of God.

Of Patience.

Of Poverty of Spirit.

Of Peacemakers.

Of Cleanness of Heart.

Of the Humble Servant of God.

Of Compassion toward one’s Neighbor.

Of the Happy and Unhappy Servant.

Of the Good and Humble Religious.

Of the Happy and the Vain Religious.

Of the Frivolous and Talkative Religious.3

Of True Correction.

Of True Humility.1

Of True Love.

That the Servants of God should honor Clerics.

Of the Virtues putting Vices to flight.

Of hiding Good lest it be lost.

Salutation of the Virtues.

On Reverence for the Lord’s Body and on the Cleanliness of the Altar.

Rules of the Friars Minor.

FIRST RULE OF THE FRIARS MINOR

That the Brothers ought to live in Obedience, without Property and in Chastity.

Of the Reception and Clothing of the Brothers.

Of the Divine Office and of the Fast.

Of the Ministers and the other Brothers: how they shall be ranged.

Of the Correction of the Brothers who offend.

Of the Recourse of the Brothers to their Ministers and that no Brother may be called Prior

Of the Manner of serving and working.

That the Brothers must not receive Money.

Of asking for Alms.

Of the sick Brothers.

That the Brothers ought not to speak evil or detract, but ought to love one another.

Of avoiding unbecoming Looks and the Company of Women.

Of the Punishment of Fornicators.

How the Brothers should go through the World.

That the Brothers may not keep Beasts nor ride.

Of those who go among the Saracens and other Infidels.

Of Preachers.

How the Ministers should meet together.

That all the Brothers must live in a Catholic way.

Of the Confession of the Brothers and of the Reception of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Of the Praise and Exhortation which all the Brothers may make.

Of the Admonition of the Brothers.

Prayer, Praise, and Thanksgiving2

SECOND RULE OF THE FRIARS MINOR.1

In the Name of the Lord begins the life of the Minor Brothers.

Of those who wish to embrace this Life and how they ought to be received.

Of the Divine Office, and of Fasting; and how the Brothers must go through the world.

That the Brothers must not receive money.

Of the manner of working.

That the Brothers shall appropriate nothing to themselves: and of seeking Alms and of the Sick Brothers.

Of the Penance to be imposed on Brothers who sin.

Of the Election of the Minister General of this Brotherhood, and of the Whitsun Chapter.

Of Preachers.

Of the Admonition and Correction of the Brothers.

That the Brothers must not enter the Monasteries of Nuns.

Of those who go among the Saracens and other Infidels.

Fragments from the Rule of the Sisters of St Clare.

FORM OF LIFE WHICH ST. FRANCIS WROTE FOR ST. CLARE.6

LAST WISH WHICH ST. FRANCIS WROTE TO ST CLARE.

Testament of the Holy Father St Francis.

Of Living Religiously in a Hermitage

PART II. - SIX LETTERS OF ST. FRANCIS

The Letters of St. Francis.

Letter to all the Faithful.

Letter to all the Friars.

To a Certain Minister.

To the Rulers of the People.

To all the Custodes

To Brother Leo.

PART III - PRAYERS OF ST. FRANCIS

The Praises.

Prayer.

Salutation of the Blessed Virgin.

Prayer to Obtain Divine Love.

The Sheet which St. Francis gave Brother Leo.

The Canticle of the Sun

The Office of the Passion.

AT COMPLINE.

AT MATINS.

AT PRIME.

AT TIERCE.

AT SEXT.

AT NONES.

AT VESPERS.

HOLY SATURDAY AT COMPLINE.

EASTER SUNDAY AT MATINS.

AT PRIME.

AT TIERCE, SEXT AND NONES

AT VESPERS.

AT COMPLINE.

AT MATINS.

AT PRIME.

AT TIERCE.

AT SEXT.

AT NONES.

AT VESPERS.

AT COMPLINE.

AT MATINS.

AT PRIME.

AT TIERCE.

AT SEXT.

AT NONES.

AT VESPERS.

CHRISTMAS DAY AT VESPERS.

APPENDIX - SOME LOST, DOUBTFUL, AND SPURIOUS WRITINGS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Footnotes:

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St. Francis of Assisi – A Biography

By Paschal Robinson

Founder of the Franciscan Order, born at Assisi in Umbria, in 1181 or 1182 — the exact year is uncertain; died there, 3 October, 1226.

His father, Pietro Bernardone, was a wealthy Assisian cloth merchant. Of his mother, Pica, little is known, but she is said to have belonged to a noble family of Provence. Francis was one of several children. The legend that he was born in a stable dates from the fifteenth century only, and appears to have originated in the desire of certain writers to make his life resemble that of Christ. At baptism the saint received the name of Giovanni, which his father afterwards altered to Francesco, through fondness it would seem for Fra...

Table of contents

• St. Francis of Assisi – A Biography
• PART II. - SIX LETTERS OF ST. FRANCIS
• PART III - PRAYERS OF ST. FRANCIS
• APPENDIX - SOME LOST, DOUBTFUL, AND SPURIOUS WRITINGS