Franciscan

Minor or simply “Franciscans” are mendicant men, people who practice and live in poverty. The Second Order, the Poor Clares, are the religious sisters of order or nuns. The Third, which is arguably the most important/influential and no doubt made up the largest composition of the order was called the Third Order of Saint Francis which included lay men and women who were referred to as tertiaries. Tertiaries do not…

these people into falling in line under the Spanish rule. The Franciscans would stand for the basic ideals of the church and what it stood for in Spain. The Franciscans in the Spaniards left in the Yucatán peninsula made it clear after conquering this land that there must not be a rejection of the religion of Christianity among the indigenous people they must embrace it as their own religion or the release of violence among the Franciscans would show with great evidence in the peninsula against…

The mission systems for Mexican-American history involved a wide view, during its retrospect it was known as a sequence of missions that were established by Franciscan Monks in California and in the Spanish Southwest that obligated Indians into converting to Catholicism to employ themselves as agricultural laborers. An overall Mexican California that was an outbreak of dramatic strain that initiated the pros and cons of the mission system because of the changes in politics, religion, and…

1195 to a wealthy family in Lisbon, Portugal. He was born with the name Fernando Martins, but later changed his name to Anthony (“St. Anthony of Padua”). Although he joined the Augustinian order first, five Franciscans’ adventures to martyrdom in Morocco inspired Anthony to join the Franciscans. He then sailed to Morocco to spread God’s word. Africa’s climate was rough on Anthony. He became ill and decided to sail back to Portugal (Glavich 73). A storm took Anthony’s boat…

How did the Franciscan priest try to adapt the native culture and language in converting native people at the San Antonio Missions? This question is important for any person that wants to learn more about the San Antonio Missions, especially for researches that want to know how the Franciscan priest and the different Native American tribes got along at the missions. Answering this question will give researches a better idea of how the Franciscan priests and Native Americans worked together at…

Juan de Padilla was born in 1500 and was a soldier before he became a first his skin fryer before one became a Franciscan Friar he was a soldier. He was in a position of authority in the Franciscan order but knew God was calling him to a deeper need, that of outreach and education. He went to New Mexico in 1540 to colonize and evangelize. Following the expeditions ahead of him, which were mainly aimed at getting riches, Juan one was different and wanted to be a missionary. He was known for being…

revolt is what I believe was one of the major leading causes. The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 was quick but also a very bloody revolt. The Pueblo Indians revolted nearly 80 years after the Spaniards had come seeking treasures such as gold and silver. The Franciscans who were trying to force the Pueblo to convert to Christianity were a leading cause of the revolt, the Pueblo Indian could only take so much. According to Andrew L Knaut one of the leading causes not only to the Pueblo revolt but to…

so that they do not become an obstacle to the Christian mission of charity in the world. With this life of poverty, they would pretend to be like the poor and to imitate Jesus’ life. Religious Orders are establish in different communities, the Franciscans for example, are considered a Mendicant Order, living in absolute poverty. The vow of poverty is rooted in the lifestyle Francis decided to live as an affirmation of his denial to any material or economic goods. Severe poverty was his purpose…

Perhaps one of the most significant and influential patrons of the Franciscan order was St Clare of Assisi. Though she had noble beginnings she soon turned to a life of humble worship. Her work as a peacemaker and leader make her an ideal role model for the current generation and generations to come. As the main female identity within the Franciscan order, St Clare also opened the pathway of spirituality for other women. St Clare was born in 1193 in Assisi to a rich noble family. She refused…

Introduction of "The Travels" states that "to western Christendom the world [Marco Polo] revealed was almost wholly unknown." However, in the introduction he mentions the Franciscan travelers we’ve already encountered this semester. Ronald Latham, who wrote the introduction and is the translator of the book, acknowledges the two Franciscans and their journeys, but states that their finding were interesting but not very encouraging. Marco Polo was not the first to travel to Crimea (known as China…