Francis of Assisi: Early Documents

Description

English translations and the corresponding authoritative Latin of the earliest documents describing Francis of Assisi and the founding of his order.

v. 1. The saint -- v. 2. The founder [←PDF contains vols. 1 & 2] -- v. 3. The prophet -- Fontes Franciscani.

The Later [papally-approved] Rule (1223) [PDF pp. 101-8], one of the 4 approved rules for religious orders
The non-papally approved Earlier Rule of 1221 argued that 📚 are more an incentive to ambition (increase in clerical state) than a violation of poverty.

pp. 529 ff. (PDF p. 531 ff.) are on "The Sacred Exchange between Saint Francis and Lady Poverty"