FRANCISCAN SPIRITUALISTS

There was a movement known as the Franciscan Spiritualists. They gave a lot of headache to the Church, they were in fact persecuted; some were burned at the stake. The Council of Vienne condemned them in 1311, because they put their inner feelings before the teaching authority of the Church. Does this ring a bell? Does it remind you of the Charismatic Renewal? Does it remind you of the Medjugorje “apparitions”? Oh, those Franciscans! They sure get into unorthodox messes at times!
