. Life and times of Girolamo Savonarola. s fr^*^ ■ The author of the Biografia Latina » was so affected by Savonarola SMS et?1*1011 °f ^ Hfe t0, bG kd m the ~^ hathIT \ S° tUnC m COrde meo dlxl : I]1° »* tempore efficiar reliei- >sus, et non in tempore tepiditatis, chap. xii. at sheet io. Lu he a idshat some of the friars were of a different opinion, and showed themelves adverse to the severity of the new discipline proposed by Sa on-tola saying: Hoc futurum macellimi fratrum.» (Ibid., at sheeti-; it seems that Savonarola was so intent on carrying out tins ideihat he had already caused a wo
. Life and times of Girolamo Savonarola. s fr^*^ ■ The author of the Biografia Latina » was so affected by Savonarola SMS et?1*1011 °f ^ Hfe t0, bG kd m the ~^ hathIT \ S° tUnC m COrde meo dlxl : I]1° »* tempore efficiar reliei- >sus, et non in tempore tepiditatis, chap. xii. at sheet io. Lu he a idshat some of the friars were of a different opinion, and showed themelves adverse to the severity of the new discipline proposed by Sa on-tola saying: Hoc futurum macellimi fratrum.» (Ibid., at sheeti-; it seems that Savonarola was so intent on carrying out tins ideihat he had already caused a wood to be cut down on the hill where henshed his hermitage to be built. (Burlamacchi, p. 46 and fui.) 164 VAROLAS UFE AND TIM. the dra f tho wraa there that men enemy of Europe and re-establishthere that the clergy wished to con-cia and replace Jerusalem under the Christian rule; manv men shared Savonarolas belief that the tune,announcedIn- his prophecies were at hand, and that at Listthere would be but cue fold and out FRA GIOVANNI DA FIESOLE. To return to the convent, the first reform introducedby Savonarola was the re-establishment of the rule ofpoverty. St. Dominic had, in fact, pronounced a terriblecurse on all who should allow monks of his order topossess property, nevertheless, after the death of , only the letter of his command remained on theconvent A change in the constitution of the con- 1 ■ Have charity, preserve humility, observe voluntary poverty : maymy malediction and that of God fall upon him that shall bring possessionsto this Order. Such were the last words of St. to his disciples REFORMS INTRODUCED B \ SA VONAROLA. tfj vent had given St. Marks the right to hold property andin a short time its wealth had been largely incr-WdSavonarola, therefore, revived the old rule and sold thepossessions held by the convent in disobedience to theprecepts of the founder of the Order. « But as free giftshad long diminished in q
Size: 1367px × 1828px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookidlifetimesofg, bookyear1888
