Commentary on the Rule

Extracts
Chapter 1
The rule and life of the lesser brothers
Chapter 2
Those who wish to adopt this life and how they should be received
Chapter 3
The divine office, fasting and how the brothers should go about in the world
Chapter 4
Let the brothers never receive money
Chapter 5
On the manner of working
Chapter 6
Let the brothers not make anything their own, begging alms, the sick brothers
Chapter 7
The penance to be imposed on the brothers who sin
Chapter 8
The election of the general minister of this fraternity and the chapter of pentecost
Chapter 9
Preachers
Chapter 10
The admonition and correction of the brothers
Chapter 11
The brothers may not enter the monasteries of nuns
Chapter 12
Those going among the saracens and other non-believers