Paradiso Canto XIII Canto XI Canto XII Summary fourth or heaven of the Sun of San Domenico praise and condemnation of the Franciscans
soon St. Thomas has put an end to his words of condemnation of the corruption of the Dominicans, a new crown of twelve souls you have around the first, with which, in unison, dancing and singing. In heaven all is a demonstration of harmony, peace and harmony. At one point the two crowns stop, and from the new crown is raised a voice that draws the attention of the poet with the same irresistible force with which the compass needle moves towards the pole star. The soul is said Franciscan mission to respond to the kindness of the Dominican Thomas and weave the eulogy of St. Dominic. It is fitting that Francis and Dominic are exalted together they fought and suffered in the ground same years for the same purpose. When God wanted to be driven by compassion to help humanity diverted, sending two strong champions of the faith, but Christianity that was redeemed in error and proceeded in doubt: a few, sparse groups of true Christians. At this point, adds St. Bonaventure, (the soul that he is speaking), Dominic was born in Castile in Spain and specifically in the city of Calaruega. Soon turned out to be destined to do great things: he had the moral stature of the athlete, kind of the sample with Christians but with implacable enemies of the faith. His soul was still in the womb, but it was full of virtue made the mother able to predict the extraordinary fruits that would be born by the saint: in fact, she dreamed that she would give birth to a dog, black and white (the colors of the Dominican) with a torch in his mouth (a sign of the saint). Another indication of the extraordinary grace that accompanied the baby was at the time of baptism, the godmother in a dream he saw the child with a star on the forehead (sign of light he would spread. Predestination was also evident in the choice of name was Dominic called to indicate that it was all the Lord (Dominus). The first feeling was revealed for the humility and poverty, was often found by the nurse, awake and silent in the ground as if to say, I came to live in humility and poverty . Soon, he studied theology and became very learned not to attain goods and honors, behind which many hours, too many are put on earth: how many doctors and lawyers to gain! His intent was to wait for a scholar's life and defense of the Church. For this reason the Holy See, which in other times was more generous than it is at present, with the poor, and falls into corruption through no fault of pontifical institution of the papacy, so far from his duties, he asked not to withhold itself most of the fruits of goods to the poor, not a bishop's office, not translatable benefices and privileges in money, but permission to fight against the heretics who undermined the Christian society. Was he, in fact, among the supporters of the Albigensian Crusade, the heretical sect that settled in Provence and was mercilessly destroyed by the French crusaders. Obtained by Honorius III, Pope, in recognition of his monastic order, he moved with the momentum of a stream that flows from a deep source: his preaching fell on the heretics of Provence with uncontrollable force. From him, from his preaching and his organizational activities that gave rise to the great family of the friars preachers said, and we say Dominican. So Francis and Dominic were the two great pillars of the rebirth of the Church: one distinguished for a spirit of poverty, the other for the energy with which led and won the war against heretics. But the track marked by him and his followers has now been abandoned: so also one marked by Francis. The Franciscan order, if you do a comparison between what was and what is beginning now, you could say upside down. The Franciscans faithful to the example of the founder are very poor. Behind the example of Ubertino Casale and Matthew Acquasparta an order is made and self-destructive fury of attack and split into two and the Spirituals who want a more rigid defense of the rule, the convent, the more lax. At this point Bonaventure presents the spirits of the crown lighting: Rieti, Agostino di Assisi, Hugh 5. Victor, Peter Mangiadore (theologians the latter two), Peter of Spain, a physician and theologian, Nathan, the Jewish prophet, John Chrysostom, patriarch of Byzantium, Saint Anselm of Aosta, philosopher, Elio Donato, grammarian. Finally, the theologian Rabano Mauro Calabrian abbot Joachim of Fiore, who had the gift of prophecy. The praise is over and although it was pronounced by a beat was attended by all the saints of the crown, as revealed by their intensity.
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