St. Francis of Assisi: Patron Saint of Ecology & Brother to All Creation
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Imitatio Cristi - The Imitative of Christ
Rit he was sto literalist, in some ways, about trying to enact this gospel life. And so i think that imitatio cristi is the key to understanding how fran is imagined. What he was doing in his life was preaching, you no penance, but also enacting and performing an example of what the gospel life would be. The poverty of jesus. That was something very important in the previous mediaeval period. He said, if you give me possessions I will have arms to defend it. This is how he diagnosed theills of his society.
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