The Rise of the Mendicant Orders

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LUZARAN, Xelina Diane B. September 5, 2011 LEE, Seulki (Hera) Christian Civilization 2 REPORTING OUTLINE: THE RISE OF THE MENDICANT ORDERS I. The Mendicant Orders A. Background B. Mendicant Friars C. Two original orders under the list of Mendicant Friars: 1. Franciscans, founded by St. Francis of Assisi 2. Dominicans, founded by St. Dominic Slide 2: The name mendicant, which is taken from the Latin word mendicare which means ‘to beg,’ describes the strict life of poverty lived by the mendicant orders. This new new form of new religious life did not include a cloistered existence of prayer and work. Slide 3: These Mendicant Friars were forbidden to own property: they lived off alms. Through their public witness of poverty, chastity and obedience, and preaching, they brought the Gospel message into towns and cities. The two original orders under the list of Mendicant Friars are: the Franciscans, founded by St. Francis of Assisi and the Dominicans, founded by St. Dominic. II. Franciscans/Franciscan Order A. Observe the rule of St. Francis of Assisi B. Origin of the three orders founded by St. Francis of Assisi Slide 4: Franciscans/Franciscan Order are terns commonly used to designate the members of the various foundations of religious, whether men or women, professing to observe the Rule of St. Francis of Assisi in some one of its several forms. : The following are the 3 Franciscan orders which were founded by St. Francis of Assisi: First Order – Friar Minors, Second Order – Poor Ladies or Poor Clares, Third Order – Brothers and Sisters of Penance. ------------------------------------------------- First order The existence of the Friars Minor or first order properly dates from 1209, in which year St. Francis obtained from Innocent III anunwritten approbation of the simple rule he had composed for the

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