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• FranciscansHistory

  The Franciscans are a Catholic mendicant order, whose members live without property and preach while begging for their food. Francis of Assisi founded the order in 1209. Its official name is the Order of Friars Minor, and it emphasizes strict poverty and brotherhood.

• BonaventurePeople

  Bonaventure (1217 or c. 1221–1274) was a medieval Italian Scholastic theologian who served as Minister General of the Franciscan Order and as a cardinal. The Catholic Church venerates him as a saint and Doctor of the Church under the title "Seraphic Doctor."

• Francis SchaefferPeople

  Francis Schaeffer (1912–1984) was an American Presbyterian minister and Christian apologist (one who explains and defends the rationality of the Christian faith). In 1955 he and his wife, Edith, founded the L'Abri community in Switzerland.

• Pope FrancisPeople

  Francis (1936–2025), born in Argentina, was the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. He reigned from 2013 to 2025 and was the first pope from the Americas and the first from the Jesuit order.

• Francis CollinsPeople

  Francis Collins (born 1950) is an American geneticist and physician. He led the Human Genome Project and the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). He promoted theistic evolution through his book *The Language of God* and through the BioLogos Foundation, which he founded.

• Edith SchaefferPeople

  Edith Schaeffer (1914–2013) was an American missionary and Christian author. With her husband, Francis Schaeffer, she founded the L'Abri community in Switzerland in 1955.

• Chicago Statement on Biblical InerrancyDoctrine & Theology

  The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy is a document issued in 1978 in Chicago by evangelical scholars and pastors that sets out the meaning and scope of the belief that the Bible is without error, known as biblical inerrancy.

• Jeanne GuyonPeople

  Jeanne Guyon (1648–1717) was a French Roman Catholic lay mystic. She taught interior prayer in *A Short and Very Easy Method of Prayer* and spent many years in confinement during the Quietist controversy.

• François FénelonPeople

  François Fénelon (1651–1715) was a French Catholic theologian, writer, and Archbishop of Cambrai. He is known for spiritual writings that emphasize "pure love" for God. In Korea, his books have also been translated and read by Protestants.

• Fanny CrosbyPeople

  Fanny Crosby (1820–1915) was a blind American hymn writer and poet. She wrote more than 8,000 hymn texts, including "Blessed Assurance," which appears as No. 288 in the hymnal used by Korean Protestant churches.