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David Burr

Angelo Clareno’s commentary on the Franciscan rule is unique. It not only provides a line-by-line explication of the rule but places Franciscan observance in a historical context extending from Christ and his disciples through the desert fathers. It can also be read as a critique of the order in Angelo’s time, as well as a meditation on obedience.
The commentary was written for a group committed to observance of the Franciscan rule yet technically not part of the order at all, a collection of small, more or less eremitical communities spread out through the mountains of central Italy.
This is the second book by Angelo published in translation by the Franciscan Institute, the first being his Chronicle or History of the Seven Tribulations of the Order of Brothers Minor (2005).

ISBN: 978-1-57659-305-9