The Prophet, Francis of Assisi - (Francis of Assisi Early Documents) Annotated (Paperback)

About the Book

The Prophet is the third volume in this extraordinary series of "the writings of Saint Francis and those of the early Franciscan witnesses" and it will "be of estimable value to scholars, students, and lovers of Il Poverello as well...a scholarly achievement done in the service of history, theology and spirituality." (Lawrence Cunningham)

Book Synopsis

Noted Franciscan scholars Regis J. Armstrong, J. A. Wayne Hellmann, and William Short spearheaded a collabrative effort of translators, scholars and technicians to publish this series. Many of these texts had been published in critical, scholarly European editions, but were not available in English. All three volumes contain helpful introductions to each section, colored maps, cross references, and extensive annotation.

The Prophet contains:

• A Book of the Praises of Saint Francis by Bernard of Besse
• The Versified Life of Saint Francis by Henri d'Avranches
• A Collection of Sayings of the Companions of Blessed Francis
• The Tree of the Crucified Life of Jesus
• A Mirror of the Perfection
• The Book of Chronicles or of the Tribulations of the Order of Lesser Ones by Angelo Clareno
• The Deeds of Blessed Francis and His Companions by Ugolino Boniscambi
• The Little Flowers of Saint Francis
• Liturgical Texts for the Feast of the Stigmata of Saint Francis
• The Kinship of Saint Francis by Arnald of Sarrant
• Related Documents

Review Quotes

"This is a magnificent collection of texts which illuminate the person of Saint Francis and the beginnings of the Franciscan Order. The translators provide a wonderful balance between fluent language and scholarly apparatus."

Brian Patrick McGuire
Roskilde University, Denmark

"Francis of Assisi: Early Documents provides new and updated resources to help forge the human Francis from the struggles of this time and from our misunderstandings about his call and charism.."

Ingrid Peterson, O.S.F.
Author of Praying with Clare of Assisi

About the Author

Francis of Assisi (born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone; Italian Francesco d'Assisi; Latin Franciscus Assisiensis; 1181 or 1182 - 3 October 1226), venerated as Saint Francis of Assisi, also known in his ministry as Francesco, was an Italian Catholic friar, deacon, philosopher, mystic, and preacher.^[3] He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women's Order of Saint Clare, the Third Order of Saint Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land. Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in Christianity.