How does Galli describe Francis’ conversions?
Galli writes in Francis of Assisi the entire life of Saint Francis, a man who was born in Italy in 1181 to wealthy parents. His father a cloth merchant, gave Francis everything and he lived a comfortable life and had many friends. Francis says himself that he lived in sin during his teenage years, and at the age of twenty-five while settling out to join the fourth crusade, God spoke to him in a dream and told him to go home. Although Francis was humiliated, he obeyed God and returned home. Later when Francis encountered a leper, he was moved with compassion and gave the man a kiss as a sign of peace. Afterwards the man had vanished and Francis concluded, God had been testing him. The final moment
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One cardinal had been sympathetic to Francis because “he himself had financed a hospital near the Vatican” (76). This cardinal was willing to step up to the plate when asking the pope for permission. Although “Innocent III and Francis had a great deal in common” such as the eloquence for music or their sense of humor (77). Because Innocent was ‘passionate’ about church reform, he remained skeptical about Francis’ new order. But eventually, Pope Innocent III did see potential in Francis and ‘ordained him a deacon’, allowing him to read the Gospels, but without administering the sacrament.
What is the role of the order in the life of the Church?
The role of the order in the life of the church is that the pope ‘informally approved’ of the Rule, although a constant changing guideline, at the beginning of the Franciscan Order claiming “The rule and life of these brothers is this: namely to live in obedience, in chastity, and without anything of their own, and to follow teaching and footprints of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Galli 84). Because Francis became famous for his life of poverty, his commitment and vow to obedience had come first and the first for his brothers.
What is evidence of the influence on the