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

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