Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . dthe party of the Pope waxed the Ghibellines were inpower, the Tertiaries were made tosuffer in many ways. Special taxeswere levied on them, and they wereforbidden to distribute their goodsamong the poor. Many even weredriven from their homes. CardinalHugoline having in the meantimebecome Pope under the name ofGregory IX, came to the aid of thepersecuted brethren. He sent aletter to all the archbishops andbishops, commanded them in un-equivocal terms to protect the Ter-tiaries from molestation and topunish with the severest penaltiesthose acting c
Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . dthe party of the Pope waxed the Ghibellines were inpower, the Tertiaries were made tosuffer in many ways. Special taxeswere levied on them, and they wereforbidden to distribute their goodsamong the poor. Many even weredriven from their homes. CardinalHugoline having in the meantimebecome Pope under the name ofGregory IX, came to the aid of thepersecuted brethren. He sent aletter to all the archbishops andbishops, commanded them in un-equivocal terms to protect the Ter-tiaries from molestation and topunish with the severest penaltiesthose acting contrary to these children of St. Francis,when reading of the sufferings ofthe first Tertiaries, do not fail totake note of the undaunted courageof your brethren in overcomingopposition and in faithfully observ-ing the Rule in spite of their glorious example, andif you at times are persecuted or mo-lested, be brave and faithful; fol-low in their footsteps, and showyourselves in every way worthy FRANCISCAN HERALD 407 THE THIRD ORDER AND SOCIAL REFORM By Fr. F. H., III. THE APOSTOLATE OF THE THIRD ORDER 2. INFLUENCE OF THE THIRD ORDER ON MORAL LIFE And old Franciscan historianwrites: St. Francis of Assisi andhis followers have by their goodexample and heroic virtues, in themidst of a depraved and luxurioussociety, awakened in millions ofsouls a love for poverty, simplicity,and unselfishness, thereby confer-ring invaluable services on themoral life of the nations. Fr. Cuthbert, , in hiswork, Catholic Ideals in Social Life,describes the influence of the ThirdOrder on the moral life of the na-tions very graphically. TheFranciscan movement, he says,was a great social reformation; itled men forward to heaven by mak-ing the way on earth straighterand more like unto heaven. Itdealt not with abstract principles,but with the actual facts of theworld. It did not preach the Gos-pel from monastic stalls, nor withthe aloofness of one looking
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