The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi, tr. by Paschal Robinson, [1905]
| INTRODUCTION | ix |
| CHARACTERISTICS OF ST. FRANCIS’ WRITINGS | x |
| EARLY MS. COLLECTIONS | xviii |
| EDITIONS AND TRANSLATIONS | xxii |
| PART I. | |
| WORDS OF ADMONITION | 3 |
| SALUTATION OF THE VIRTUES | 20 |
| INSTRUCTION ON THE LORD'S BODY | 22 |
| RULES OF THE FRIARS MINOR | 25 |
| FIRST RULE OF THE FRIARS MINOR | 31 |
| SECOND RULE OF THE FRIARS MINOR | 64 |
| FRAGMENTS FROM THE RULE OF THE CLARES | 75 |
| THE TESTAMENT | 79 |
| REGULATION FOR HERMITAGES | 87 |
| PART II. | |
| SIX LETTERS OF ST. FRANCIS | 93 |
| 1. TO ALL THE FAITHFUL | 96 |
| 2. TO ALL THE FRIARS | 109 |
| 3. TO A CERTAIN MINISTER | 119 |
| 4. TO THE RULERS OF THE PEOPLE | 125 |
| 5. TO ALL THE CUSTODES | 127 |
| 6. TO BROTHER LEO | 130 |
| PART III. | |
| PRAISES AND PARAPHRASE OF THE LORD'S PRAYER | 137 |
| SALUTATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN | 143 |
| PRAYER TO OBTAIN DIVINE LOVE | 145 |
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| THE PRAISES OF GOD | 146 |
| THE BLESSING OF BROTHER LEO | 149 |
| THE CANTICLE OF THE SUN | 150 |
| THE OFFICE OF THE PASSION | 154 |
| APPENDIX: | |
| SOME LOST, DOUBTFUL AND SPURIOUS WRITINGS | 179 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 189 |
| INDEX | 197 |