Franciscans

Franciscans refers to people and groups (religious orders) who adhere or claim to adhere to the teachings and spiritual disciplines of Saint Francis of Assisi. The original movement, the Order of Friars Minor was established by Saint Francis and remains within the Catholic Church, where it also remains most numerous.

The coat of arms of the Order of Friars Minors “contains the Tau cross, with two crossed arms: Christ’s right hand with the nail wound and Francis’ left hand with the stigmata wound”.

However, Franciscan Orders and Franciscan spirituality are also allegedly found within other Christian denominations, including Old Catholicism, Anglicanism, and Lutheranism.

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Keywords: Franciscan, Saint Benedict, Desert Fathers, Monk, Monasticism, Monastic, Monastery, monkhood, solitary, asceticism, ascetic, Nun, Nunnery, Christian monasticism, Christian monastic, religious order, Hermit, Rule of Saint Benedict, St Benedict, Franciscan monk, St Francis, Francis, Saint Francis, Francis of Assisi, Eunuch

Bible reference(s): Luke 2:37, 1Co 7:1, 1 Co 7:32, 1 Corinthians 7:34, 1 Corinthians 7:38, 1 Timothy 4:3

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