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Later Rule (Regula bullata, 1223)

Francis of Assisi

Twelve short juridical chapters that remain the rule of the Friars Minor: 'to observe the holy Gospel by living in obedience, without anything of one's own, and in chastity'. It regulates admission, office, fasting, the ban on money, work, preaching and missions. Comparing it with the 1221 rule shows what Francis conceded and what he defended.

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Latin

· 13 chapters · 1 h reading

  1. 1Regula Bullata (Franciscus Assisiensis)1′
  2. 2Caput I In nomine domini incipit vita minorum fratrum.1′
  3. 3Caput II De his, qui volunt vitam istam accipere, et qualiter recipi debeant.1′
  4. 4Caput III De divino officio et iuiunio et quomodo fratres debeant ire per mundum.1′
  5. 5Caput IV Quod fratres non recipiant pecuniam.1′
  6. 6Caput V De modo laborandi.1′
  7. 7Caput VI Quod nihil approprient sibi fratres, et de eleemosyna petenda et de fratribus infirmis.1′
  8. 8Caput VII De poenitentia fratribus peccantibus imponenda.1′
  9. 9Caput VIII De electione generalis ministri huius fraternitatis et de capitulo pentecostes.1′
  10. 10Caput IX De praedicatoribus.1′
  11. 11Caput X De admonitione et correctione fratrum.1′
  12. 12Caput XI Quod fratres non ingrediantur monasteria monacharum.1′
  13. 13Caput XII De euntibus inter Saracenos et alios infideles.1′
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