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The Enthusiast: How the Best Friend of Francis of Assisi Almost Destroyed What He Started
Popular historian and award-winning author Jon M. Sweeney relates the untold story of St. Francisās friendship with Elias of Cortona, the man who helped him build the Franciscan movement. Sweeney uses the complexities of their relationship in a gripping narrative of how their efforts changed the world and how Eliasās enthusiasm betrayed the ideals of his friend.
Few biographies of St. Francis have examined his complicated relationship with close friend Elias of Cortona. In The Enthusiast, award-winning author and historian Jon M. Sweeney delves into this little-known partnership that defined and then almost destroyed Francisās ideals.
Blending history and biography, Sweeney reveals how Francis and Elias rebuilt churches, aided lepers, and entertained as āGodās troubadoursā to the delight of everyday people who had grown tired of a remote and tumultuous Church. At the height of their spiritual renaissance, however, Elias became āthe devilā to many of the other friars; they believed him to be a traitor to their ideals. After Francisās premature death, the movement fractured. Scorned by most of the Franciscan leadership, Elias followed a path that would leave him a lonely, broken man. Sweeney shows how Eliasās undoing was rooted in his attempts to honor his old friend.
Few biographies of St. Francis have examined his complicated relationship with close friend Elias of Cortona. In The Enthusiast, award-winning author and historian Jon M. Sweeney delves into this little-known partnership that defined and then almost destroyed Francisās ideals.
Blending history and biography, Sweeney reveals how Francis and Elias rebuilt churches, aided lepers, and entertained as āGodās troubadoursā to the delight of everyday people who had grown tired of a remote and tumultuous Church. At the height of their spiritual renaissance, however, Elias became āthe devilā to many of the other friars; they believed him to be a traitor to their ideals. After Francisās premature death, the movement fractured. Scorned by most of the Franciscan leadership, Elias followed a path that would leave him a lonely, broken man. Sweeney shows how Eliasās undoing was rooted in his attempts to honor his old friend.
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The Enthusiast: How the Best Friend of Francis of Assisi Almost Destroyed What He Startedā
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Popular historian and award-winning author Jon M. Sweeney relates the untold story of St. Francisās friendship with Elias of Cortona, the man who helped him build the Franciscan movement. Sweeney uses the complexities of their relationship in a gripping narrative of how their efforts changed the world and how Eliasās enthusiasm betrayed the ideals of his friend.
Few biographies of St. Francis have examined his complicated relationship with close friend Elias of Cortona. In The Enthusiast, award-winning author and historian Jon M. Sweeney delves into this little-known partnership that defined and then almost destroyed Francisās ideals.
Blending history and biography, Sweeney reveals how Francis and Elias rebuilt churches, aided lepers, and entertained as āGodās troubadoursā to the delight of everyday people who had grown tired of a remote and tumultuous Church. At the height of their spiritual renaissance, however, Elias became āthe devilā to many of the other friars; they believed him to be a traitor to their ideals. After Francisās premature death, the movement fractured. Scorned by most of the Franciscan leadership, Elias followed a path that would leave him a lonely, broken man. Sweeney shows how Eliasās undoing was rooted in his attempts to honor his old friend.
Few biographies of St. Francis have examined his complicated relationship with close friend Elias of Cortona. In The Enthusiast, award-winning author and historian Jon M. Sweeney delves into this little-known partnership that defined and then almost destroyed Francisās ideals.
Blending history and biography, Sweeney reveals how Francis and Elias rebuilt churches, aided lepers, and entertained as āGodās troubadoursā to the delight of everyday people who had grown tired of a remote and tumultuous Church. At the height of their spiritual renaissance, however, Elias became āthe devilā to many of the other friars; they believed him to be a traitor to their ideals. After Francisās premature death, the movement fractured. Scorned by most of the Franciscan leadership, Elias followed a path that would leave him a lonely, broken man. Sweeney shows how Eliasās undoing was rooted in his attempts to honor his old friend.
