friars

Motilones ( "friars" -- Indians so named from their cropped heads); and it seemeth to me that this empire is reserved for her Majesty and the

The Discovery of Guiana Walter Raleigh 1586

The family window,22 which is called the friars 'and lay brothers' window, should be three feet in dimension and be similar to the larger window and also be barred.

Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008

There is a companion Order called the Franciscan Sisters of the Atonment converted from the Episcopal Church at the same time as the friars, that is also the same type dissident, liberal USA Order and has about 150 aged members.

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This may account for the ease with which Serra and the friars were able to mount the conversion of the hither-to undefeated Pames Indians.

The five faces of God - and where to find them 2001

This may account for the ease with which Serra and the friars were able to mount the conversion of the hither-to undefeated Pames Indians.

The five faces of God - and where to find them 2001

The purchase negotiations became all the more complicated because, from 1893 onwards, the Religious Orders had sold some of their lands to speculators who undertook to form companies to work them; however, the friars were the largest stockholders in these concerns.

The Philippine Islands John Foreman

The powers of the friars were the fullest possible and enabled them to inquire into all matters touching the welfare of the Indians and to correct abuses, but they were not “governors” as has been supposed and stated by many writers, but rather overseers, charged to ensure the proper execution of the laws which had been enacted to protect the natives.

Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings Francis Augustus MacNutt

"The monks and the friars were the militia of the Church."

Early European History Hutton Webster

Eugenia called the friars from Rome, with the result that foundations increased rapidly.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

January,1535, the pope adopted the name already conferred upon the new reform by the populace, who, seeing the long hoods, at once called the friars Cappuccini.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913