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William of Ockham

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Role of Poor Clothes in the Franciscan Order

There had apparently been a lot of disagreement about the level of poverty involved in assuming a life with the Franciscan order. Pope John XXII wrote the following statement on the issue: "On the council of our brothers, we declare and say that when it says in the rule, let all the brothers wear poor clothes" This wasn't only about tunics, obviously, but that whole discussion is kind of a representative of a larger set of proclamations that were made by John the 22nd about the Franciscans.

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