Saint Francis of Assisi normal and winner of the Grand

and winner of the Grand Prix du roman de l’Académie française in 1936 (for his novel A Diary of a Country Priest)

Paperback: 226pp

his deep understanding of the Divine Word stood him in excellent stead—perhaps nowhere more tangibly than in his preaching

be ready at all times to answer for it

Saint Francis of Assisi normal and winner of the GrandBy Johannes Jrgensen At the beginning of his classic biography of le jongleur de dieu, G. K. Chesterton sets forth three ways in which a sketch of St. Francis of Assisi in modern English may be written. First, the author may deal with this great and most amazing man as a figure in secular history and a model of social virtues; second, he may go to the opposite extreme, andbe defiantly devotional; and thirdby the ordinary routehe may try to use what is