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50621 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 737.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… a spiritual church; (3) passages which refer to Peter and John as types of systems; (4) eschatological teachings which do not, conform to the teachings of the church …
50622 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 738 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
4. JOACHIMISM PRODUCES FRANCISCAN SPIRITUALS
50623 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.
50624 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 …
50625 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.
50626 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.
50627 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 …
50628 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 …
50629 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 …
50630 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 763 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: The Second Generation of Spirituals
50631 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 763 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
I. Olivi-Leading Light of the Spirituals
50632 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 …
50633 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 …
50634 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 …
50635 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 …
50636 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 …
50637 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 …
50638 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 …
50639 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 …
50640 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.”