The humility and poverty of the Incarnation of Jesus is the pattern and model for Franciscan life (Imitation of Christ), theology (Primacy of Christ) and its approach to all creation.

3 All went to their own towns to be registered. Franciscans never believed that “blood atonement” was required for God to love us. What does it mean to think like a Franciscan?

M The humility and poverty of the Incarnation of Jesus is the pattern and model for Franciscan life (Imitation of Christ), theology (Primacy of Christ) and its approach to all creation. Luke 2:1-20 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 2 In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered.

4. This doctrine is now known in Franciscan thought as “the primacy of Christ” or “the predestination of Christ.” In what follows, I summarize Scotus’ two main arguments for this position.

2 This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. Franciscan Theology, Tradition and Spirituality – 4-12-2011 Page 3 of 30 I am not here speaking of Spiritualities, of which there are many fine paths that can lead us to experience God.

What is Franciscan Theology.

Our teacher, John Duns Scotus (1266-1308), said Christ was Plan A from the very beginning (Colossians 1:15-20, Ephesians 1:3-14). The Incarnation was not simply for a moment in the past, but for now— always and forever.

The humility and poverty of the Incarnation of Jesus is the pattern and model for Franciscan life (Imitation of Christ), theology (Primacy of Christ) and its approach to all creation. Franciscan theology has consistently held together the twin poles' of creational theology and incarnational theology in such a way that one without the other is theologically inconceivable. 5. Franciscan sanctuaries like Greccio and La Verna are living reminders of Francis’ deep devotion to the… 2. Instead, the Incarnation is, essentially, the means by which God glorifies Christ. God is Love and that Love is our redemption and redemption is not primarily being saved from sin, but is rather the gift of the possibility of openness to the experience of the divine Other in our life. SAINT JOSEPH IN FRANCISCAN THEOLOGY Noel Muscat OFM The Franciscan movement is widely known for its Christocentric spirituality. This downward direction, movement, tendency is called Minority. Franciscan Incarnational Theology. When people imagine our spirituality, I imagine many picture a tree-hugging hippie communing with nature, a jovial cartoon character with a big belly, or a humble beggar with tattered clothes.

It is Christo-centric focusing primarily on the Incarnate Jesus. Incarnation instead of Atonement Friday, February 12, 2016.

The humility of Christ who “emptied himself” in the Incarnation provided Francis a lens with which to understand the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Posted May 3, 2018 by Grayden Daniels & filed under emerging church, Franciscan Incarnational Theology, Third Space. No comments yet. ThirdSpace met yesterday (Wednesday) evening at Holly House to learn about Franciscan Incarnational Theology. 4. It is rooted in the general Trinitarian theology of the Church. Incarnational theology can also refer to the belief that Christians are to function as Jesus Christ to humanity and represent the incarnated Word of God to all people. With the Franciscan understanding of Christmas, we believe that God is permanently incarnated, committed in flesh in human history, in our individual lives. 2. Francis of Assisi cherished profoundly the mysteries of Christ’s life, especially the mystery of the Incarnation and the mystery of Redemption. It is not something to be hoped for or to be looked forward to – it is something, which is happening NOW. 3. 4 Joseph also went from the town of Naza I am speaking only of the foundations in theology that give rise to the many varied and …