ESSAY ON: Christian Poverty: St. Francis and Earlier Monks

Number of Pages 4

This research paper: A 4 page paper discussing the differences in motivations for "holy poverty." St. Francis saw poverty as a gift, but the early monks' view was more complex. Relying on their own physical labor and not having a safety cushion of wealth encouraged them to find a common point from which they could work together for the good of all. Money itself was not an evil thing, but it so often came with greed attached to it that the early monks believed it to be only an encumbrance to be divested. Bibliography lists 4 sources.


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