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50461 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 738 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
4. JOACHIMISM PRODUCES FRANCISCAN SPIRITUALS
50462 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 739.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… a spiritual movement, always in flux, and affording considerable latitude for divergencies of opinion.
50463 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 739.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… these spiritual aims. They became generally known as Spirituals. The Spirituals are consequently a direct product of the impact of Joachimism upon deepest …
50464 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 740.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Other small groups sprang up, more or less loosely connected with the Spirituals, or claiming adherence to the ideals of the Spirituals, but often running to extremes and bringing the whole movement into disrepute.
50465 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 740.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… early Spirituals. And when that fateful date drew near, new movements appeared, stirring large areas of the population out of their apathy.
50466 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 740.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the Spirituals. Suddenly, and quite spontaneously, in this crucial year, large processions of men in all walks of life marched through the cities lashing …
50467 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 745.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… stricter “Spirituals”—who held to the “evangelical poverty” of Francis’ original rule and were persecuted by the order at large. At this time he is supposed to …
50468 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 761.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the Spirituals, and were passed on to later writers. His works in the library of Cardinal Cusa are testimony to the influence of his year-day application to …
50469 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 763 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: The Second Generation of Spirituals
50470 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 763 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
I. Olivi-Leading Light of the Spirituals
50471 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 763.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the Spirituals—PIERRE JEAN D’OLIVI (1248-1298). Born in Sérignan, a town of Languedoc, in southern France, he entered the order of the Franciscans in 1260, and …
50472 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 763.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
The Spirituals had not only always felt that they were called of God to high missionary endeavor, but also that their supreme task was to reform the church …
50473 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 764.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… persecuted Spirituals. The other work is entitled Postilla in Apocalypsim (Commentary on the Apocalypse), and its date is variously given as 1295, 1297, or …
50474 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 764.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… , will spiritual powers find their full realization in this material world. Olivi believed that in his own day—the fifth “epoch,” extending to the end of the thirteenth …
50475 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 765.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the Spirituals, and most eloquently defended by Olivi, was not to be considered a sect. Rather, she was regarded as the natural successor of the feudal church …
50476 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 765.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the Spirituals in particular, was the history of the church, then the Roman church who was persecuting the followers of Christ was the church of Satan, and …
50477 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 765.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the Spirituals were exposed for more than half a century. It was to them clearly the fifth period of the church, during which the pope and his clerics persecuted …
50478 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 767.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the Spirituals. It was based on Joachim’s treatise on the Apocalypse, and portrayed the carnal church as ripening for judgment and awaiting the victory …
50479 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 769.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
The place referred to as “later” is probably the passage condemned in “Censure XLVI,” where Olivi speaks of the second angel of Revelation 14, who announces the fall of Babylon, the “carnal church” which persecutes “spiritual men.”
50480 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 769.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… against spiritual men and against the forces and inpourings of the Holy Spirit.” Olivi, op. cit, fol. 154 r, col. 1; Baluze, op. cit., p. 267.