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Book The Historical Development of the Vow of Poverty

Download or read book The Historical Development of the Vow of Poverty written by Sidney J. Turner and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Poverty of Riches

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kenneth Baxter Wolf
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2003-01-30
  • ISBN : 0198035896
  • Pages : 178 pages

Download or read book The Poverty of Riches written by Kenneth Baxter Wolf and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-30 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saint Francis of Assisi is arguably the most attractive saint ever produced by the Catholic Church. The unusually high regard with which he is held has served to insulate him from any real criticism of the kind of sanctity that he embodied: sanctity based first and foremost on his deliberate pursuit of poverty. In this book, Kenneth Baxter Wolf takes a fresh look at Francis and the idea of voluntary poverty as a basis for Christian perfection. Wolf's point of departure is a series of simple but hitherto unasked questions about the precise nature of Francis's poverty: How did he go about transforming himself from a rich man to a poor one? How successful was this transformation? How did his self-imposed poverty compare to the involuntary poverty of those he met in and around Assisi? What did poor people of this type get out of their contact with Francis? What did Francis get out of his contact with them? Wolf finds that while Francis's conception of poverty as a spiritual discipline may have opened the door to salvation for wealthy Christians like himself, it effectively precluded the idea that the poor could use their own involuntary poverty as a path to heaven. Based on a thorough reconsideration of the earliest biographies of the saint, as well as Francis's own writings, Wolf's work sheds important new light on the inherent ironies of poverty as a spiritual discipline and its relationship to poverty as a socio-economic affliction.

Book Olivi and Franciscan Poverty

Download or read book Olivi and Franciscan Poverty written by David Burr and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2017-01-30 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Book Poverty s Proprietors

Download or read book Poverty s Proprietors written by James D. Mixson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the theme of property and community, this study offers a new account of the origins of fifteenth-century Observant reform in the monasteries and canonries of the southern Empire. Through close readings of unpublished texts, it traces how ideas about reformed community emerged, both beyond and within the religious orders, in the era of the Council of Constance. Focusing on reform among monks and canons in Bavaria and Austria to 1450, it then shows how those ideas were applied in practice, through reforming visitation and through a devotional culture steeped in the a oenew pietya of the day. These considerations allow the Observant Movement to offer fresh perspectives on the history religious community, reform, and the church in the fifteenth century.

Book The Vow of Poverty

Download or read book The Vow of Poverty written by Sidney Joseph Turner and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Vow of Poverty and Other Essays

Download or read book The Vow of Poverty and Other Essays written by Jasper Niemand and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Good News to the Poor

Download or read book Good News to the Poor written by Julio de Santa Ana and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Power of the Poor in History

Download or read book The Power of the Poor in History written by Gustavo Gutiérrez and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Secret History of the Oxford Movement

Download or read book The Secret History of the Oxford Movement written by Walter Walsh and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A History of the Jesuits

Download or read book A History of the Jesuits written by John Poynder and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Vow of Poverty and Other Essays

Download or read book The Vow of Poverty and Other Essays written by Julia Wharton Lewis Campbell Ver Planck Keightley and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Vincentians  A General History of the Congregation of the Mission

Download or read book The Vincentians A General History of the Congregation of the Mission written by Luigi Mezzadri, CM and published by New City Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Their mission was humble and simple: to reach the poor country people, who suffered from ignorance of their faith, a debased clergy, and poverty. In response, Vincent De Paul defined the vocation of his “Little Company” as preaching local missions for free, educating the clergy, and working to relieve the people’s poverty. Soon, however, this vocation was complicated by commands to minister to royal families, including Louis xiv of France and the kings and queens of Poland, which would embroil the Vincentians in international and ecclesiastical politics. In addition, they would begin dangerous foreign missions, such as ministering to the Christian captives of the Barbary pirates, the debased colonists and rebellious natives of Madagascar, and the vendetta-prone Corsicans. For the first time, modern readers have a thoroughly researched history based on original documents and the studies of numerous scholars, past and present. It portrays the Vincentians’ daily lives and describes their failings as well as their exalted acts of heroism. It also details the social and political milieus that conditioned their lives and work. It is an important, down-to-earth side of history not often told.

Book The Jesuits

    Book Details:
  • Author : Markus Friedrich
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2022-03-01
  • ISBN : 0691226199
  • Pages : 872 pages

Download or read book The Jesuits written by Markus Friedrich and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive and up-to-date exploration of one of the most important religious orders in the modern world Since its founding by Ignatius of Loyola in 1540, the Society of Jesus—more commonly known as the Jesuits—has played a critical role in the events of modern history. From the Counter-Reformation to the ascent of Francis I as the first Jesuit pope, The Jesuits presents an intimate look at one of the most important religious orders not only in the Catholic Church, but also the world. Markus Friedrich describes an organization that has deftly walked a tightrope between sacred and secular involvement and experienced difficulties during changing times, all while shaping cultural developments from pastoral care and spirituality to art, education, and science. Examining the Jesuits in the context of social, cultural, and world history, Friedrich sheds light on how the order shaped the culture of the Counter-Reformation and participated in the establishment of European empires, including missionary activity throughout Asia and in many parts of Africa in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. He also explores the place of Jesuits in the New World and addresses the issue of Jesuit slaveholders. The Jesuits often tangled with the Roman Curia and the pope, resulting in their suppression in 1773, but the order returned in 1814 to rise again to a powerful position of influence. Friedrich demonstrates that the Jesuit fathers were not a monolithic group and he considers the distinctive spiritual legacy inherited by Pope Francis. With its global scope and meticulous attention to archival sources and previous scholarship, The Jesuits illustrates the heterogeneous, varied, and contradictory perspectives of this famed religious organization.

Book The History of the Life of St  Jane Frances de Chantal  Etc

Download or read book The History of the Life of St Jane Frances de Chantal Etc written by William Henry COOMBES and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The history of Protestantism

Download or read book The history of Protestantism written by James Aitken Wylie and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The History of America

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  • Author : William Robertson
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1835
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 648 pages

Download or read book The History of America written by William Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of Latin Christianity  Including that of the Popes  to the Pontificate of Nicolas V  A Continuation of    The History of Christianity from the Birth of Christ  Etc

Download or read book History of Latin Christianity Including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicolas V A Continuation of The History of Christianity from the Birth of Christ Etc written by Henry Hart Milman and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: