Why Was the First Formal Rule of the Franciscans Rejected

question 48

Multiple Choice

Why was the first formal Rule of the Franciscans rejected by Rome?

• A) It made poverty seem to be a positive good
• B) It included suspicious language that may have been heretical
• C) It was written in Italian and not Latin
• D) It was considered too strict and idealistic

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