Abstract
The work reflects on the main theme of poverty in the framework of the origin and fast growth of Franciscans and Dominicans, who since 1220, without having made contact with each other, in the span of only seventy years, had a profound influence on the renewal process of the Church of the thirteenth century. Although the two founders had no relationship at the beginning, and being so different in their intuitions, history connects and acknowledges them as initiators of the called “mendicant orders” and therefore, as an expression of generational claim to an authentic ecclesial reform in the sense of a return to the sources, and in particular, to Christ and the poor. Both, perhaps without measuring how insightful and timely they were, collected central spiritual concerns of his time and correctly canalized them for the good of the whole Church. The reception among their contemporaries is sufficient indication that their proposal responded yesterday-and today- to a heartfelt need.
Highlights
The work reflects on the main theme of poverty
Although the two founders had no relationship at the beginning
Y eso no sólo en lo que se refiere a una reforma interna de la iglesia sino en las repercusiones para el conjunto social y, muy particularmente, para los pobres de ese siglo
Summary
The work reflects on the main theme of poverty in the framework of the origin and fast growth of Franciscans and Dominicans, who since 1220, without having made contact with each other, in the span of only seventy years, had a profound influence on the renewal process of the Church of the thirteenth century. No se puede hablar de la Iglesia en el siglo XIII sin hacer referencia a dos testigos que la marcaron cualitativamente: Domingo de Guzmán y Francisco de Asís. Las familias religiosas que ambos iniciaron tienen el mismo año de origen, 1220.
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