The Life of S. Francis of Assisi (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Life of S. Francis of Assisi Of all that glorious host of saints whose virtuous lives shed undying lustre on the annals of the Holy Roman Catholic Church, there is hardly one whose life was more conformable to the maxims of the Gospel, more nearly a perfect copy of the life of Christ, than was the life of him, the subject of the present work. St. Francis was, in an age of laxity, a prodigy of penance, humility, suffering, love for the cross. Long before the coming of Francis, Europe had been little else than one immense battle-field. Science, driven from the world, found refuge in the monasteries, and there fed her flickering lamp by the sacred shrine of religion. The Church of God was ever battling against widespread ignorance and wholesale corruption. Against the ark of God there swelled a current of evils, deeper far and darker than ever swelled against her before. But when, from a human standpoint of view, she seemed abandoned by her Divine Founder, and, to all appearances, was about to succumb to the evils that threatened her very existence. He, faithful to His promise to be with her all days, even to the consummation of the world, raised up in Italy, that fruitful garden of saints, him who, according to the command He gave him, repaired His falling house with learning and religion. Grand and noble mission, to restore the light of knowledge to darkened, blood-stained Europe; to enkindle anew the fervor of Christian charity in society, so long distracted by the petty feuds of rival lords. Well did he understand the magnitude of his mission, and right well did he accomplish it. True reformer as he was, he struck at the very root of evil, by devoting his whole life to the work of cleansing, purifying, and ennobling the hearts of men; by striving to reform all society, by reforming the character of each of its members. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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