by Noel Muscat, ofm
The Franciscan Cultural Review “Spirtu u Ħajja” (Spirit and Life) has been published in Maltese since April 1986. It is now being posted on this website in English, in order to be more accessible to a wider readership, and it can be downloaded on-line freely from the Franciscan Books section. It features articles, papers and translations of texts regarding Franciscan spirituality, theology, history and culture. The review is aimed at average readers, and thus tries to steer a middle course between a scientific and a popular presentation of the various themes.
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Editorial
The apparition of the Child Jesus to Brother Conrad of Offida
The Christmas of Greccio in the witness of the Sources
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Various authors (pp.24)
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Editorial
Stigmatisation of Saint Francis
800 Years of Franciscan Presence in the Holy Land
The Liber of Francesco di Bartolo on the Portiuncula Indulgence
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Various authors
(pp.24)
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CONTENTS:
Editorial
The Bull “Ite Vos in Vineam Meam” 29 May 1517
The “Ite Vos”: a reading and exegesis
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Various authors (pp.24)
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CONTENTS:
Editorial
The Shrine of Trsat
The General Chapter 1217
Pilgrims and Strangers in the world
“Frati Minori Rinnovati”
Francis, Cardinal Hugo and the Papal confirmation of the Rule
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Various authors
(pp.28)
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CONTENTS:
Editorial
Angelo Clareno
Peter John Olivi
Jacques de Vitry’s letter from Genoa
The preaching of St. James of the Marches
Albanian Franciscan martyrs beatified
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Various authors
(pp.28)
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Editorial History of the Portiuncola Chapel
Sacrosancta Portiunculae Ecclesia
Francis preaches the Portiuncola indulgence
The altar of the Portiuncola in Valletta
St. Francis and the poor in Rome
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Various authors
(pp.26)
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CONTENTS:
Editorial
Saint Bonaventure and his vision of St. Francis
Facere misericordiam
Cosmic and Anthropological harmony
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Various authors (pp.28)
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Editorial
Ad servitium et utilitatem fratrum
St. Francis’ experience of forgiveness at Poggio Bustone
St. Corrado Confalonieri
Francesco e i Minori nello specchio dell’Europa
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Various authors
(pp.26)
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CONTENTS:
Editorial
St. Francis and the Fourth Lateran Council
The Custody of the Holy Land and the Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Peter John Olivi, Friar Minor
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Various authors
(pp.26)
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Editorial
Brother Elias in the Liber de Prelato
The Church of St. Francis in Cortona
Vita Brevior Sancti Francisci by Thomas of Celano
St. Roche of Montpellier, the last lay saint of the Middle Ages
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Various authors
(pp.26)
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