"Simple and kind Franciscan brothers?" You mean like Lawrence of Brindisi, philosopher and Doctor of the Church, who personally, on horseback, led the charge of 18,000 Austrians against 80,000 Turks? Or Marco d'Aviano, who stayed in Vienna in 1689 when the Emperor had fled, and kept the locals fighting until Jan Sobieski's rescue troops showed up? Or...
Do not be misled by the Franciscan image. Except for the military orders, there is no more aggressive order in the Church, and, except for the Dominicans, no more intellectual. Their job is preaching, and that makes them both pugnacious and risk-takers. And unlike Dominicans, they do not mind getting their hands dirty.
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Re: LOL!
Date: 2008-06-17 06:59 am (UTC)Do not be misled by the Franciscan image. Except for the military orders, there is no more aggressive order in the Church, and, except for the Dominicans, no more intellectual. Their job is preaching, and that makes them both pugnacious and risk-takers. And unlike Dominicans, they do not mind getting their hands dirty.