St Francis of Assisi: His trip to Egypt became one of the centrepieces of Franciscan hagiography St Francis of Assisi: His trip to Egypt became one of the centrepieces of Franciscan hagiography“In later years, when Europe was set on “civilising” the rest of the world, the 1219 meeting was held up as an example of a bold Westerner trying to snap the East out of its barbarism.
These days, with welcome words and phrases like ecumenism and inter-religious-dialogue buzzing in our ears, the encounter has become a touchstone for those who insist that, theological squabbles aside, we really should just try and get along.”
“St. Francis of Assisi and the Conversion of the Muslims; With Concise Biography of the Saint,
is published by TAN Books.”
http://www.thepoverello.com/
“There is no doubt that St. Francis of Assisi was a radical Christian – radical in the sense of going down to the very roots or essentials of the faith when it came to imitating Jesus Christ. There are dozens of fine books about the saint. The emphasis in this book about his life is on his attempt to convert to Christianity the powerful sultan of Egypt, al-Malik al-Kamil”
http://www.thepoverello.com/PreachChrist.htm
Interesting article. Funny the Muslims didn’t get it that Francis was kind of a big deal in the Christian world.