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• CONTENTS.
• INTRODUCTION.
• I.
• II.
• Printed Editions
• Wadding’s Edition.
• First Critical Edition
• PART I: ADMONITIONS, RULES, ETC
• I.: Words of Admonition of our Holy Father St. Francis.
• ADMONITIONS.
• 1.: Of the Lord’s Body.
• 2.: The Evil of Self-will.
• 3.: Of Perfect and Imperfect Obedience.
• 4.: That no one should take Superiorship upon himself.
• 5.: That no one should glory save in the Cross of the Lord.
• 6.: Of the Imitation of the Lord.
• 7.: That Good Works should accompany Knowledge.
• 8.: Of avoiding the Sin of Envy.
• 9.: Of Love.
• 10.: Of Bodily Mortification.
• 11.: That one must not be seduced by Bad Crample.1
• 12.: Of Knowing the Spirit of God.
• 13.: Of Patience.
• 14.: Of Poverty of Spirit.
• 15.: Of Peacemakers.
• 16.: Of Cleanness of Heart.
• 17.: Of the Humble Servant of God.
• 18.: Of Compassion toward one’s Neighbor.
• 19.: Of the Happy and Unhappy Servant.
• 20.: Of the Good and Humble Religious.
• 21.: Of the Happy and the Vain Religious.
• 22.: Of the Frivolous and Talkative Religious.3
• 23.: Of True Correction.
• 24.: Of True Humility.1
• 25.: Of True Love.
• 26.: That the Servants of God should honor Clerics.
• 27.: Of the Virtues putting Vices to flight.
• 28.: Of hiding Good lest it be lost.
• II.: Salutation of the Virtues.
• SALUTATION OF THE VIRTUES.6
• III.: On Reverence for the Lord’s Body and on the Cleanliness of the Altar.
• ON REVERENCE FOR THE LORD’S BODY AND ON THE CLEANLINESS OF THE ALTAR.
• IV.: Rules of the Friars Minor.
• FIRST RULE OF THE FRIARS MINOR Which St. Francis made and which Pope Innocent III confirmed without a Bull.3
• 1.—: That the Brothers ought to live in Obedience, without Property and in Chastity.
• 2.—: Of the Reception and Clothing of the Brothers.
• 3.—: Of the Divine Office and of the Fast.
• 4.—: Of the Ministers and the other Brothers: how they shall be ranged.
• 5.—: Of the Correction of the Brothers who offend.
• 6—: Of the Recourse of the Brothers to their Ministers and that no Brother may be called Prior
• 7.—: Of the Manner of serving and working.
• 8.—: That the Brothers must not receive Money.
• 9—: Of asking for Alms.
• 10.—: Of the sick Brothers.
• 11.—: That the Brothers ought not to speak evil or detract, but ought to love one another.
• 12.—: Of avoiding unbecoming Looks and the Company of Women.
• 13.—: Of the Punishment of Fornicators.
• 14.—: How the Brothers should go through the World.
• 15—: That the Brothers may not keep Beasts nor ride.
• 16.—: Of those who go among the Saracens and other Infidels.
• 17.—: Of Preachers.
• 18.—: How the Ministers should meet together.
• 19—: That all the Brothers must live in a Catholic way.
• 20—: Of the Confession of the Brothers and of the Reception of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 21—: Of the Praise and Exhortation which all the Brothers may make.
• 22—: Of the Admonition of the Brothers.
• 23—: Prayer, Praise, and Thanksgiving2
• SECOND RULE OF THE FRIARS MINOR.1
• 1—: In the Name of the Lord begins the life of the Minor Brothers.
• 2.—: Of those who wish to embrace this Life and how they ought to be received.
• 3.—: Of the Divine Office, and of Fasting; and how the Brothers must go through the world.
• 4—: That the Brothers must not receive money.
• 5.—: Of the manner of working.
• 6.—: That the Brothers shall appropriate nothing to themselves: and of seeking Alms and of the Sick Brothers.
• 7.—: Of the Penance to be imposed on Brothers who sin.
• 8.—: Of the Election of the Minister General of this Brotherhood, and of the Whitsun Chapter.
• 9.—: Of Preachers.
• 10.—: Of the Admonition and Correction of the Brothers.
• 11.—: That the Brothers must not enter the Monasteries of Nuns.
• 12.—: Of those who go among the Saracens and other Infidels.
• V.: Fragments from the Rule of the Sisters of St Clare.
• 1.: FORM OF LIFE WHICH ST. FRANCIS WROTE FOR ST. CLARE.6
• 2: LAST WISH WHICH ST. FRANCIS WROTE TO ST CLARE.
• VI.: Testament of the Holy Father St Francis.
• TESTAMENT OF THE HOLY FATHER ST. FRANCIS.
• VII: Of Living Religiously in a Hermitage
• OF LIVING RELIGIOUSLY IN A HERMITAGE
• PART II.: SIX LETTERS OF ST. FRANCIS
• The Letters of St. Francis.
• I.: Letter to all the Faithful.
• I.—: LETTER TO ALL THE FAITHFUL.
• II.: Letter to all the Friars.
• TO ALL THE FRIARS.
• III: To a Certain Minister.
• TO A CERTAIN MINISTER.4
• IV.: To the Rulers of the People.
• TO THE RULERS OF THE PEOPLE.
• V.: To all the Custodes
• TO ALL THE CUSTODES
• VI.: To Brother Leo.
• TO BROTHER LEO.
• PART III: PRAYERS OF ST. FRANCIS
• I.: The Praises.
• PRAISES.
• Prayer.
• II.: Salutation of the Blessed Virgin.
• SALUTATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN.3
• III.: Prayer to Obtain Divine Love.
• PRAYER.
• IV.: The Sheet which St. Francis gave Brother Leo.
• PRAISES OF GOD.
• THE BLESSING OF BROTHER LEO.
• V.: The Canticle of the Sun
• VI.: The Office of the Passion.
• OFFICE OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD
• I.—: AT COMPLINE. Ant. Holy Virgin Mary.
• AT MATINS. Ant. Holy Virgin Mary.
• AT PRIME. Ant. Holy Mary.
• AT TIERCE. Ant. Holy Mary.
• AT SEXT. Ant Holy Mary.
• AT NONES. Ant. Holy Mary.
• AT VESPERS. Ant. Holy Mary.
• HOLY SATURDAY AT COMPLINE. Ant. Holy Mary.
• EASTER SUNDAY AT MATINS. Ant. Holy Mary.
• AT PRIME. Ant. Holy Mary.
• AT TIERCE, SEXT AND NONES
• AT VESPERS.
• AT COMPLINE. Ant. Holy Mary.
• AT MATINS. Ant. Holy Mary.
• AT PRIME. Ant. Holy Mary.
• AT TIERCE. Ant. Holy Mary.
• AT SEXT. Ant. Holy Mary.
• AT NONES. Ant. Holy Mary.
• AT VESPERS. Ant. Holy Mary.
• AT COMPLINE. Ant. Holy Mary.
• AT MATINS. Ant. Holy Mary.
• AT PRIME. Ant. Holy Mary.
• AT TIERCE. Ant. Holy Mary.
• AT SEXT. Ant. Holy Mary.
• AT NONES. Ant. Holy Mary.
• AT VESPERS. Ant. Holy Mary.
• CHRISTMAS DAY AT VESPERS. Ant. Holy Mary.
• APPENDIX Edition: current; Page: [178] Edition: current; Page: [179] SOME LOST, DOUBTFUL, AND SPURIOUS WRITINGS
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