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The Medieval Church · 1221
The Earlier Rule
Regula Non Bullata
Francis of Assisi · 1181/82–1226
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What it is
The unapproved rule: a patchwork of gospel texts and instructions on begging, on working with one's hands, on going among the Saracens, and on owning nothing whatever.
Why it lasted
Francis's own vision before it was made administratively workable — much of what the approved rule left out is here.
Scripture it works from
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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