"Who was Duns Scotus?
His name is now the byword for a fool, yet his proof for the existence of God was the most rigorous of the medieval period"
#Philosophy #Thought #Metaphysics #Franciscan #History #Medieval #God
https://aeon.co/essays/duns-scotus-was-no-fool-but-a-brilliant-enigmatic-thinker
#god #medieval #History #Franciscan #metaphysics #thought #philosophy
What does Francis of Assisi have to say to theology today?
https://youtu.be/dvyGR5AgZTs
#Disability #ChronicIllness #Medicine #Ecology #Climate #Franciscan #Theology #Catholic #Spirituality #Contemplation #Mysticism #Art #Imagination #Culture
#disability #chronicillness #medicine #ecology #climate #Franciscan #theology #catholic #spirituality #contemplation #mysticism #art #imagination #culture
Greyfriars Tower, Richmond, UK. #Richmond #RichmondUK #Yorkshire #NorthYorkshire #Greyfriars #Franciscan
#richmond #richmonduk #yorkshire #northyorkshire #Greyfriars #Franciscan
#Franciscan Tower (Greyfriars) #KingsLynn #history #medieval
#Franciscan #kingslynn #history #medieval
It looks like the Franciscan Friars here have converted a four plus one. Some how seems appropriate....
#chicago #architecture #fourplusone #midCenturyMidRise #Franciscan
#chicago #architecture #fourplusone #midcenturymidrise #Franciscan
I am starting to look like a #Franciscan friar with a belt instead of a rope and one end of it hanging down.
Time to buy a new, shorter, belt methinks.
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Monk in Wild West. A Franciscan monk preaching to Native Americans in the 1800ās in the American west. Surreal handmade collage made from cut paper.
Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/monk-in-wild-west-ernesto-beckford.html
#spiritual #nativeamerican #Franciscan #Artist
Season 5 coming to an end but first Inca...
#afrotalescast #content #creator #myth #legend #lore #folktale #folklore #NativeAmerican #indigenous #magic #africandiaspora #potatoes #franciscan #inca #peru #ecuador #bolivia #chile #argentina #colombia
#afrotalescast #content #creator #myth #legend #lore #folktale #folklore #nativeamerican #indigenous #magic #AfricanDiaspora #potatoes #Franciscan #inca #Peru #ecuador #bolivia #chile #argentina #colombia
Fun fact about the 2 part season finale.
#afrotalescast #content #creator #myth #legend #lore #folktale #folklore #NativeAmerican #indigenous #magic #africandiaspora #potatoes #franciscan #inca #peru #ecuador #bolivia #chile #argentina #colombia
#afrotalescast #content #creator #myth #legend #lore #folktale #folklore #nativeamerican #indigenous #magic #AfricanDiaspora #potatoes #Franciscan #inca #Peru #ecuador #bolivia #chile #argentina #colombia
14 Jan 1331: d (possible date) Oderic of Pordenone, #Franciscan, traveller, who was resident in #China as a missionary. His tomb at Udine #otd
A story of friendship & Faith from #Bolivia.
#afrotalescast #artbyshalaye #content #creator #myth #legend #lore #folktale #folklore #NativeAmerican #indigenous #magic #africandiaspora #franciscan #catholic #friars #eucharist #gifra #uyun #cochabamba #sucre #tarija #oruro
#bolivia #afrotalescast #artbyshalaye #content #creator #myth #legend #lore #folktale #folklore #nativeamerican #indigenous #magic #AfricanDiaspora #Franciscan #catholic #friars #eucharist #gifra #uyun #cochabamba #Sucre #tarija #oruro
13 Jan 1591: b. Arthur [Francis] Bell future #Franciscan at Temple Broughton, Hanbury near Worcester #otd at Tyburn. A skilled linguist in six tongues & translator of De Soto's 'How we ought to hear Mass'. Executed at Tyburn in 1643 (BM/eebo/JMcC)
11 Jan 1605: Ambrose Wadding of #Waterford older brother of Luke Wadding #Franciscan enters the #Jesuit novitiate Sant' Andrea Rome #otd Luke would go on to found two #Irish colleges in #Rome
#rome #irish #otd #Jesuit #Franciscan #waterford
10 Jan 1610 (ns): d. Matteo de Oviedo #Spanish #Franciscan archbishop of #Dublin at Valladolid #otd (BM)
#otd #dublin #Franciscan #spanish
9 Jan 1639: Francis Harold #Franciscan nephew & biographer of Luke Wadding of #Waterford starts his studies in St. Isidore's #Irish college #Rome #otd
(2nd image here is some of his manuscript #poetry from
UCD Digital library)
#poetry #otd #rome #irish #waterford #Franciscan
8 January 1894 | Fr. Maximilian Kolbe, OFM, was born in ZduÅska Wola.
As a prisoner of Auschwitz (no. 16670) on 29 July 1941, he sacrificed his life to save a person selected for starvation death after an escape of a prisoner. On 14 August 1941, he was murdered with a phenol injection.
#Auschwitz #history #otd #priest #christianity #religion #sacrifice #starvation #death #remember #memory #NeverForget #ww2 #Kolbe #Saint #Franciscan #OFM Poland #Nazis #Germany
#auschwitz #history #otd #priest #christianity #religion #sacrifice #starvation #death #remember #memory #neverforget #WW2 #Kolbe #saint #Franciscan #ofm #nazis #germany
4 Jan 1555: The Attainder of William Peto of Warwickshire, a #Franciscan observant, is reversed by Mary I #otd
Peto was created a cardinal on 14 June 1557, but died within a year (BM)
31 Dec 1623: the young very capable #Franciscan Thomas Fleming consecrated as Archbishop of #Dublin #otd (JMcC) Here he is the fresco at S. Isidoreās #Rome - unlike everyone else in it he did not publish but he was a major fundraiser for #Irish Franciscan intellectual enterprises
#irish #rome #otd #dublin #Franciscan
@jolz I was taught the Scotian theory at a #Franciscan retreat, and it had me reeling for a week. Definitely recommend the writings of Bl. John Duns Scotus.