The Debate About Poverty as a Political Problem in the 13th and 14th Centuries
Abstract
The author deals with the 13th century approach to poverty, paying attention to the struggle following St. Francis’ death between adherents of the strict and those of the lax observance of the rule, i.e., the Spirituals or Zelanti and the Observants. After examining the teachings of John Peter Olivi (1248?-1298), he finally shows how the Pope John XXII was obliged to intervene in those bitter quarrels, condemning as heretical many of the doctrines on evangelical poverty.Downloads
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