Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.21857/9xn31cr1qy
Two Franciscan Manuals for Franciscan Laymen from the Eighteenth Century
Daniel Patafta
; Catholic Theological Faculty, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Two eighteenth century manuals of Jerolim Lipovčić and Lovro Bračuljević are witnesses of the times in which they were created. They in the first place demonstrate that the Third Order and the Confraternity of the belt of St Francis were two distinct ecclesiastical organisations, even though they are frequently identified in historical writing, and which among other differences had different legal status within the Church. However, both organisations reflected post-Tridentine Catholic reform delimited by Baroque piety, but also by Franciscan enlightment intended on, particularly by publishing of such manuals, improvement of spiritual life of the members of the Third Order and the Confraternity, but also to inform them with duties, rights and privileges they received as members of particular organisation. Therefore, both works were written with the intention of lifting spiritual life of the members of both institutions on a higher level, which is unequivocal proof of the influence of Franciscan enlightment of the eighteenth century, even though they also remains strictly within the framework of Baroque spirituality and understanding of pious life.
Keywords
Jerolim Lipovčić; Lovro Bračuljević; the Third Order; the Confraternity of the Belt of St Francis; Baroque; Franciscan enlightment; the eighteenth century
Hrčak ID:
220281
URI
Publication date:
27.12.2018.
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