The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi

Translated from the Critical Latin Edition, edited by Fr. Kajetan Esser, O.F.M.

Die opuskula des hl. Franziskus von Assisi. Neue textkritische Edition.
Editiones Collegii S. Bonaventurae ad Claras aquas, Grottaferrata (Romae) 1976.

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As Part of the Commentary Project Master Peter Lombard’s Second Book of Sentences DISTINCTION XVIII Chapter 1: On the formation of the woman. Chapter 2: For what reason was she formed from the side of the man, and not from another part of his body? Chapter 3: For what reason was the rib withdrawn from the man sleeping, and not waking? Chapter 4: Why was she made from a rib, multiplied in itself without the addition of any extrinsic thing? Chapter 5: On superior and inferior causes. Chapter 6: Of the causes, which are at once in God and in creatures, and of those, which are only in God. Chapter 7: On the soul of the woman, which is not from the soul of the man, because souls are not on account of a transduction. St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio’s Commentaries on the Second Book of Sentences DISTINCTION XVIII: On the formation of woman from man. ARTICLE I: On the production of the body of the woman from the side of the man. Question 1: Whether the body of the woman was produced? Question 2: Whether the woman was formed from the rib of the man according to a seminal reason? Question 3: Whether a seminal reason is a universal form, and/or a singular one? ARTICLE II: On the production of the soul of Eve and of other men. Question 1: Whether the souls of all men are one in substance, or diverse? Question 2: Whether the souls of all men were produced together? Question 3: Whether a rational soul is out of a transduction? DOUBTS on the text of Master Peter's Eighteenth Distinction	As Part of the Commentary Project Master Peter Lombard’s Second Book of Sentences DISTINCTION XIX Chapter 1: On the state of man before the sin, such as it was according to the body, and such as it was after the sin. Chapter 2: In what manner is man said to have been made into a living soul? Chapter 3: The body of man before sin was mortal and immortal, after sin dead. Chapter 4: Whether the immortality, which it then had, was from the condition of its nature, or whether it was out of the benefice of a grace? Chapter 5: Whether man could live forever, using the other trees and not the Tree of Life, with God not commanding, that he eat from it? Chapter 6: On the first and second immortality of the body. St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio’s Commentaries on the Second Book of Sentences DISTINCTION XIX: On the immortality of man, by St. Bonaventure ARTICLE I: On the immortality of man on the part of his soul. Question 1: Whether the human soul is immortal through nature? Question 2: Whether every soul, even that of a brute, was from its first condition immortal? ARTICLE II: On the immortality of Adam on the part of his body. Question 1: Whether the body of Adam, with him not sinning, could be dissolved? Question 2: Whether, with Adam sinning, his body could be perpetuated through the eating of the Tree of Life? ARTICLE III: On the immortality of the first man as much as regards the conjunct. Question 1: Whether immortality was in man by nature, and/or by grace? Question 2: Whether the immortality of innocence would have been the same through essence with the immortality of glory? DOUBTS on the First Part of the text of Master Peter's Nineteenth Distinction
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As Part of the Commentary Project Master Peter Lombard’s Second Book of Sentences DISTINCTION XVII Chapter 1: On the creation of the soul, or whether it was made from something? Chapter 2: On the insufflation and inspiration of God; when was the soul made, whether in the body, or outside of it? Chapter 3: At what age man was made. Chapter 4: Why man, having been created outside of Paradise, was placed in paradise. Chapter 5: In which manners is “paradise” accepted? Chapter 6: On the Tree of Life. Chapter 7: On the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio’s Commentaries on the Second Book of Sentences DISTINCTION XVII: On the production of Adam in regard to constituent principles. ARTICLE I: On the production of man in regard to the soul. Question 1: Whether the human soul is out of God’s Substance? Question 2: Whether the soul of Adam was produced out of matter? Question 3: Whether the soul of Adam was produced before the body, and/or afterward? ARTICLE II: On the production of man in regard to the body. Question 1: Whether the body of Adam ought to have been produced from a purely celestial nature? Question 2: Whether the body of Adam was constituted out of a purely elementary nature? Question 3: Whether the body of Adam was constituted out of the elements in an equal complexion and composition? DOUBTS on the text of Master Peter's Sixteenth Distinction	Feast of St. Matthias, the Apostle February 24, 2008 A. D. (Feast transferred this year to Feb. 25th) A Meditation for All the Sons & Daughters of St. Francis who in truth wish to do the will of their Seraphic Patriarch on earth. An Appeal to all the Benefactors of St. Francis who wish to help some of his sons desiring to do his will on earth.
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As Part of the Commentary Project Master Peter Lombard’s Second Book of Sentences DISTINCTION XVI Chapter 1: On the creation of man. Chapter 2: What kind of man was made? Chapter 3: On the image and similitude, to which man was made. Chapter 4: Why man is said to be an “image” and “made to the image”, but the Son is not said to be “made to the image”? St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio’s Commentaries on the Second Book of Sentences DISTINCTION XVI: In what kind of manner did God produce man to His image? ARTICLE I: In what kind of manner is man an image according to an absolute consideration? Question 1: Whether man is truly an image of God? Question 2: Whether man is an image of God naturally? Question 3: Whether ‘to be the image of God’ befits man properly, such that it befits no other? ARTICLE II: On the image of God according to a related consideration? Question 1: Whether the reckoning of the image of God is found more principally in the Angel than in the soul? Question 2: Whether the image of God is more principally in the male than in the female? Question 3: Whether the image of God is more principally in the cognitive part than the affective one? DOUBTS on the text of Master Peter's Sixteenth Distinction As Part of the Commentary Project Master Peter Lombard’s Second Book of Sentences DISTINCTION XV Chapter 1: On the work of the fifth day, on which the swimming and flying creatures were made Chapter 2: On the work of the sixth day, on which were created the animals and creeping things of the land. Chapter 3: On venomous and harmful animals. Chapter 4: Whether the smallest creatures were created at that time? Chapter 5: Why man was made after all things. Chapter 6: On the sentence of those who contend that all things were made together. Chapter 7: In what manner is God’s “rest” to be understood? Chapter 8: In what manner is it to be accepted, that God is said to have completed His work on the seventh day, when He then rested? Chapter 9: In what manner are all things made by God said to be “very good”? Chapter 10: On the sanctification of the seventh day. St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio’s Commentaries on the Second Book of Sentences DISTINCTION XV: On the production of things mixed and sensible or of the animals ARTICLE I: Whether sensible creatures or animals were made? Question 1: Whether the souls of irrational creatures were produced out of something? Question 2: Whether the bodies of animals were composed out of the four elements? Question 3: Whether the bodies of animals are established more out of the passive elements than the active ones? ARTICLE II: On the order, in which the animals were produced. Question 1: Whether all sensible creatures were made for man’s sake? Question 2: In what order, on the part of time, did God produce sensible things? Question 3: Which is the order of the production of the animals in respect to God’s rest? DOUBTS on the text of Master Peter's Fifteenth Distinction	The 12 Works of Charity which Your Guardian Angel wants to do for you. By St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio 71 K (PDF) The Franciscan Archive announces that through the Roman Catholic Non-profit S.O.S.M., Inc. you can obtain copies of its publications by using this convenient order form. All proceeds go to the establishment of the traditional Franciscan Monastery, being planned by Br. Alexis Bugnolo the Editor of this site. Your generous and gracious support is much appreciated.
The Franciscan Archive would like to offer for the edification of the faithful its unofficial English translation of the Official Latin text of The Apostolic Letter “Motu Proprio Data” Summorum Pontificum of H. H. Pope Benedict XVI. in HTML [This translation is literal, and employs the same rationale as used in the other translations published by the editor of this site.] ALSO LET CATHOLIC CLERGY KNOW THAT THEY CAN PURCHASE A 14-WEEK COURSE ON DVD IN ECCLESIASTICAL LATIN TO PREPARE YOU TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THE TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS OR YOU CAN PURCHASE ONE FOR THEM AND GIVE IT AS A GIFT, OR EVEN AS A HINT OF WHAT THEY OUGHT TO BE DOING!	*In Holy Thanksgiving for the Wonderful Charity* *of H. H. Pope Benedict XVI* *in reaffirming by his Motu Proprio* SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM *that the Bull of Pope St. Pius V* Quo Primum *to celebrate the Ancient Roman Rite* *remains in force* The Franciscan Archive would like to publicly exhort all Catholics of the Roman Rite to undertake a profound change of heart and return to the traditional and authentic manner of attending the August Sacrifice of the Mass By attending the Ancient Roman Rite following these simple recommendations of *St. Padre Pio, OFM Cap.* who refused in principle to say the Revised Rites of 1965 *How to Attend the Traditional Latin Mass* A Letter from St. Padre Pio, OFM Cap., to Annita Rodote Pietrelcina, July 25, 1915 Recommended Franciscan Book on How to Pray the Traditional Latin Mass: Treasures of the Mass: by St. Leonard of Port Maurice available from Tanbooks The Complete Text in PDF of the Missale Romanum of 1962 c/o Musica Sacra
The Franciscan Archive is honored to publish Dr. Peter Simpson’s Professor of Philosophy and Classics City University, New York City, USA. English Translation of Bl. John Duns Scotus tract on the Nature of a Sacrament from Friar Jerome of Montefortino's (1662-1738) Scoti Summae Theologicae Pars III, Q. 60: “What is a Sacrament?” being a juxtaposition of the texts of St. Thomas Aquinas and Bl. John Duns Scotus, on the topic in English formatted in PDF (187 K)	The Franciscan Archive is honored to publish Dr. Peter Simpson’s Professor of Philosophy and Classics City University, New York City, USA. English Translation of Bl. John Duns Scotus writings ad rem from Friar Jerome of Montefortino's (1662-1738) Scoti Summae Theologicae Pars III, Q. 62: “The Sacraments’ principal effect, which is grace” And, in addition: Pars III, Q. 27: “On the Sanctification of the Virgin” Pars III, Q. 28: “Of the Virginity of the Mother of God” Pars III, Q. 29: “Of the Espousals of the Mother of God” being a juxtaposition of the texts of St. Thomas Aquinas and Bl. John Duns Scotus, on the topic in English formatted in PDF --------- The Five Franciscan Martyrs of Georgia Website The Franciscan Archive is honored to publish La Biografia de Fray Mamerto Esquiú por el Dr. Pablo Barral Steiner de La Plata, ARGENTINA con 2 fotografias con un enlace a el Sermón del Servo de Dios “Laetamur de gloria vestra” pronunciado en la Iglesia matriz de Catamarca, por el reverendo padre lector, fray Mamerto Esquiú, de la orden de San Francisco, con motivo de la jura de la Constitución Nacional, el 9 de julio de 1853. por Professor Urquiza Denis
The Prayer Booklet, “My Life with Mary”, thanks to the gracious work of Nabil Yacoub, is now available in the Arabic Language at the Marian Archive page. H.H. Pope Benedict XVI On the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, 2007 A.D. has canonized the Franciscan Father Simon of Lipnica, O.F.M. (A. D. 1435-1482) Painting of the Saint Biography of the Blessed from the Vatican Website Biography by the Postulator General of the OFM Information about the Saint, with another Photo c/o Catholic Forum	A Traditional Lenten Mission given by a Franciscan Father : MPG3 file downloads for Sermons on the 4 Last Things, given by Father Isacc Mary Relyea, FFI H.H. Pope Benedict XVI has canonized the Franciscan Padre Antônio de Sant'Anna Galvão, O.F.M. (A. D. 1739-1822) Brazil’s First Native Born Saint “Only from the saints, only from God does true revolution come, the definitive way to change the world." (Benedict XVI) Biography of the Blessed from the Vatican Website Homily of Pope John Paul II on the occasion of the Beatification of the Saint October 25, 1998 A.D. São Frei Galvão Website
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Bulle du Pape Honorius III Sur La Règle des Frères Mineurs	Oeuvres Spirituelles du Saint Bonaventure, traduites par M. L’Abbé Berthaumier, c/o Abbay Saint Benoit (CH), (Français) Sanctuaire du Saint Bonaventure, Lyons, France, where the body of the Saint lay, until it was thrown in the Saone River, by the French Revolutionaries.
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La Madonna de La Salette ovvero il SEGRETO SCOMODO *Per farlo conoscere a tutto il Suo popolo* «Le lacrime della Vergine» contrastano con questa nostra società ridanciana, apostata e disperata, che ha rinunziato alla Croce di Cristo. La Madonna de La Salette, nel Segreto consegnato a Melania, c’insegna che la principale causa dell’empietà oggi trionfante sulla terra consiste nel tradimento dei chierici! Stando al segreto, l’apostasia della Gerarchia ecclesiastica, ebbra di sensualità e di orgoglio, sarà universale. [...] La Chiesa soffrirà dunque una crisi tremenda. L’Autore[...] affronta con determinazione le varie obiezioni sollevate contro di esso, esponendo le proprie pregevoli opinioni al riguardo e prendendo dichiaratamente e spesse volte posizione anche in ordine alle questioni più spinose e controverse. Egli difende con energia l’integrità di vita dei veggenti, Melania e Massimino [...] Spiega inoltre che tutta la polemica su La Salette si concentra sul Segreto. Sac. Don Vilmar Pavesi Tutti i dettagli nel sito www.salpan.org	Antique Franciscan Engravings & Woodcut Images, c/o Rare Book Room, Friedsman Memorial Library, University of St. Bonaventure. Traditional Mass Kit & Audio Files If you are a Roman Catholic Priest, and would like to learn how to say the Traditional Latin Mass (a.k.a: Tridentine Rite), you can obtain a free Mass Kit through a special offer, free, by clicking here. Through the same link, you can hear some Talk-Show interviews about the importance of the Traditional Latin Mass, all c/o www.voiceofcatholicradio.org
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