Scholastic Theology and the Rise of Mendicant Orders
I. The Rise of the Mendicant Orders
A. Before the 12th century: secular & regular clergy
B. Friars/ mendicants: (observant/conventual, calsed/discaled)
- Carmelites (O Carm.) founded in 1154
- Francisians (O.F.M.)
- Dominicans (O.P.)
- Augustinian Hermits (O.E.S.A.)
Friars and Mendicants had general …