Franciscans and the Protestant Revolution in England (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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In the following pages, an attempt is made to relate the story of the English Franciscans during the first century of the Protestant Revolution. Among the causes commonly assigned, even by Catholic historians, for the rapid spread of Protestantism in Europe is the inactivity and degeneracy of the so-called old Orders at the time when the conflict began. This serious charge loses much of its significance if we remember that for forty years these old Orders bore the brunt of the attack against the overwhelming forces of the enemy. The fact, too, that more than 150 members of these old Orders played a prominent role in the Council of Trent shows that their laxism and indifference could not have been so great after all. As to the Franciscan Order in particular, it may sufice to call to mind that of the above-mentioned 150 religious 85 were sons of St. Francis, and that, further more, between the years 1520 and 1620, more than 500 Franciscans shed their blood for the faith in the various countries of europe.

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