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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Thank you, Gordon. Chesterton's *Francis* is available in Project Gutenberg <http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks09/0900611.txt> and I checked for this quotation, but it's not there. Still searching... -- Paul On 1 January 2016 at 14:34, Gordon Arthur <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > On 2015-12-31 8:05 PM, Paul Chandler wrote: > >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >> A friend has asked me for the source of this supposed saying of Francis of >> Assisi: >> >> If we held property, armed force for protection would become necessary. >> For property gives rise to lawsuits and to wars which in various ways >> destroy all love of God and of our fellowmen. Our membership, therefore, >> will not hold property. >> >> I doubt it is from Francis and I can't find it in his writings >> (unfortunately I don't have access to the concordance). Possibly it's from >> one of the early biographies or from a later Spiritual source. If any >> learned med-rel member recognises it, I'd be most grateful to know the >> source. >> >> Happy new year to all. -- Paul >> > > I believe it comes from G. K. Chesterton's biography of Francis, but I'm > not sure if Chesterton gives his source. > > Gordon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Gordon Arthur, Ph.D. | Orthodoxy is my doxy; heterodoxy is > [log in to unmask] | another man's doxy (Bishop Warburton). > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.ecumenist.org/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion > -- Paul Chandler, O.Carm. Holy Spirit Seminary | PO Box 18 (487 Earnshaw Road) | Banyo Qld 4014 | Australia office: (07) 3267 4804 | mobile: 044 882 4996 [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion