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Understanding Friars and Their Orders

This quiz tests your knowledge about friars, their orders, and their historical significance within the Christian tradition.

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1 Friars differ from monks in that they are called to live the evangelical counsels (vows of poverty, chastity and obedience) in service to a community, rather than through cloistered ________ and devotion.

2 The four great orders were mentioned by the ________ (1274), and are:

3 the ________,[7] established in 1781

4 the ________,[3] established in 1517

5 However, another interpretation of fratres minores is "lesser brothers", because the ________ order stresses minority or humility.

6 Their rule is based on the writings of ________.

7 the ________,[4] established in 1521

8 St. Francis of Assisi called his followers fratres minores, which ________ translated as "little brothers".

9 Friar is also the mascot for the San Diego Padres, an ________ franchise.

10 The ________, founded in 1244 (the "Little Union") and enlarged in 1256 (the "Grand Union").

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Engkanto, a Philippine mythical creature, might be based on early encounters with European friars.
  • the crucified figure in Francisco Zurbarán's 1628 painting Saint Serapion (pictured) was based on a Mercedarian friar who fought and was martyred during the Third Crusade of 1196.
  • the election of Dominican friar Laurence de Ergadia as Bishop of Argyll in Scotland was voided by Pope Urban IV in 1274 on a technicality.
  • the Claregalway Friary (pictured), one of the first Franciscan monasteries in Ireland, housed only two friars when it was finally forced to close in 1847.
  • during the Western Schism Thomas de Rossy, Franciscan friar and Bishop of Galloway, challenged any bishop of England to fight in single combat.
  • Clement, Bishop of Dunblane, (pictured) was the first Dominican friar to obtain a bishopric in the British Isles.
  • among the many stories about the origins of the name Vin Santo (or "holy wine"; pictured), is the legend that a Tuscan friar used the wine left over from Mass to miraculously cure the sick.
  • Franciscan friar Matfre Ermengau (d. 1322) was also a troubadour, encyclopaedist, and master of laws.
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