Friar Quotes

“Martin Luther was a friar as well as a professor. When a man in his position accused the church of moneygrubbing, people were ready to listen.”
― Alec Ryrie, Protestants: The Faith That Made the Modern World

“May the Lord give you peace," was Francis's most common remark to people. What a contrast this was to the apocalyptic fear-mongering of most other wandering spiritual groups in those days, and how different it was even from the doctrinaire preaching of the new Dominican Order.”
― Jon M. Sweeney, When Saint Francis Saved the Church