I read this book as a young man and not only did it introduce me to the amazing world of Chesterton, but it was a revelation of how an entire culture could be captured in a slim volume. Here is the Francis who prayed and danced with pagan abandon, who talked to animals, who invented the creche. Here is the Francis who inspired a revolution in art that began with Giotto and a revolution in poetry that began with Dante. Here is the Francis who tried to end the Crusades by talking to the Saracens, and who interceded with the emperor on behalf of the birds. Chesterton gives us Francis in his world-the riotously colorful world of the High Middle Ages, a world with more pageantry and romance than we have seen before or since. Du Bois, Francis is seen as the model of the Christian life. Chesterton said Francis was the only Christian, while the Liberation theologian Leonardo Boff called Francis a model of human liberation. Francishis joyous devotion, his sense of compassion and love for all creation, his visions and miracles, his stigmata, and his band of followers that became the Franciscan Order. One of the best known and most loved is Saint Francis of Assisi.

Chesterton insight, humor, and wit as he uncovers the real meaning of the life of the worlds. Ideal for gift-giving, this beautiful edition offers all of G. Francis of Assisiįor Chesterton, Francis of Assisi is a great paradoxical figure, a man who loved women but vowed himself to chastity an artist who loved the pleasures of the natural world as few have loved them, but vowed himself to the most austere poverty, stripping himself naked in the public square so all could see that he had renounced his worldly goods a clown who stood on his head in order to see the world aright. With great affection, Chesterton explores the life and times of St. The most insightful book about Francis of Assisi ever. Download cover art Download CD case insert St.

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