F. Francis of Jesi: "The more government was lacking in human terms, the more the government of God was manifest"

Dec 07, 2025

Francis of Jesi, Friar Minor:

“If we consider it carefully, the Order has never badly governed more nor ever relaxed more and given birth to more scandals in the world than when it was full of learned men.

While the Order was governed by Father Saint Francis with his simplicity and by his companions and all the simple Friars during his time, it always stayed in perfect observance of the rule. However when the learned Brother Elias with many of his other learned followers began to rule the Order with the teaching and prudence of the flesh of the flesh, it immediately with ambitious persons. The beloved Order of God began to decline under their government.”