English

The Mirror Of Perfection; being a record of Saint Francis of Assisi ascribed to his companion, Brother Leo of Assisi

CONTENTS CHAPTER I HERE BEGINS THE MIRROR OF PERFECTION What answer Blessed Francis made to the Ministers who did not desire to be bound by the Rule he had made 1-13 CHAPTER II ON THE PERFECTION OF POVERTY How Blessed Francis declared his will and intention he had from first to last on the observance of Holy Poverty — How he replied to a Minister who wished to have books, and how the Ministers took a chapter out of the Rule — Of the Novice who wished to have a Psalter — Of the Poverty to be observed in books, buildings, and furnishings — How he made the friars leave a certain house — How he wished to pull down a house built at St. Mary of the Portiuncula— How he reprimanded his Vicar — Of the special cell made for him, and the one he would not live in — How places were to be selected, and friaries built in cities — Of the Prelates and learned friars who opposed him — How he would not have superfluous alms — What Christ told him of the Poverty of the Order — His horror of money — Avoidance of soft and many garments, and practice of patience — How he would not indulge himself in things other friars could not have — His shame when he saw one poorer than himself—- How he taught the fri

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