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The History of the Church (Part 42) Francis of Assisi Part 2
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In our last episode, we stood in Rome in the year 1215. Bishops had gathered from across Western Europe, and the papacy stood at the height of its influence. The Church possessed enormous institutional, political, and spiritual power. Theology was becoming increasingly sophisticated, and the medieval Christian world appeared strong.
But while all of this was happening, something else was taking place. But not in the palaces of Rome this time, not in the chambers of bishops. Not even in the lecture halls of the great universities. But in the life of a young Italian who had begun asking a very different question.
Not: "How can I make the Church more powerful?"
But: "What would it actually mean to follow Jesus?"
His name was Francis of Assisi, and his answer would change the Christian world.
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