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Franciscans

Books

•  Origins of the Franciscan Order

Church Documents

•  Exiit qui seminat Pope Nicholas III - Constitution confirming the rule of the Friars Minor (14 August 1279)
•  Quum inter nonnullos November 12, 1323 A.D. The Bull of Pope John XXII against the heresy of absolute poverty.
•  Solet annuere November 29, 1223 A. D. -- The Bull of the Lord Pope Honorius III on the Rule of the Friars Minor.
•  Solicitudo Pastoralis Pope Innocent XI - Motu Proprio - On the Rule of the Friars Minor (20 November 1679)

Websites

•  Capuchin-Franciscan Friars - Province of St Augustine Describes the vocation
•  Franciscan Archive Large archive of information and articles about St Francis, the Franciscan and Capuchin orders and famous Franciscans and Capuchins.
•  Franciscans A site filled with wonderful graphics pertaining to the worldwide Franciscan Order

Online Books & Files

•  Franciscan Rule of 1223 Rule of the Friars Minor.
•  Rule and the Life of the Brothers and Sisters of the Third Order Regular of St Francis Contains the words of St. Francis to his followers.

Articles

•  Conventuals Order of Friars Minor (Catholic Encyclopedia)
•  Franciscan Order  (Catholic Encyclopedia)

•  Traccia Mariana A Marian Plan for Franciscan Life, submitted by Father Stephano Maria Pio Manelli, and approved by the Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual in the summer of 1970.