What are two mendicant orders and who founded them?

Answer 1

Catholic AnswerThere are five mendicant Orders: Originally, the Franciscans (founded by St. Francis), the Dominicans (founded by St. Dominic); then the name and privileges were extended to the Carmelites (founded by St. Berthold), the Hermits of St. Augustine (founded by St. Augustine) and the Servites (founded by seven councilors of the Florence called the Seven Holy Founders).

Answer 2

Both of the two main new orders founded by Saint Dominic and Saint Francis were prompted by a need to reinvigorate the life of the Catholic Church. Francis came to this through a long period of personal conversion. Dominic's concern was to combat the Cather heresy in southern France by offering a model of God being active within the world. They attracted a significant level of patronage, as much from townsfolk as aristocrats. Their focus of operation rapidly centered on towns where population growth historically outstripped the provision of rural parishes. Most medieval towns in Western Europe of any size came to possess houses of one or more of the major orders of friars. Some of their churches came to be built on grand scale with large spaces devoted to preaching, something of a specialty among the mendicant orders.

Answer 3

The mendicant orders or begging orders were a reform movement that began within the church in the thirteenth century. It grew out ofd a sense of disillusionment with the Church at the time. They embraced poverty and were committed to uprooting the false teachings of the time. No one person founded the mendicant orders, as there were a few that emerged during the 13th century: # the Dominicans # The Franciscins # The Augustinians # The Carmelites The founder of the dominicans was St. Dominic. The founder of the Franciscans was St. Francis of Assisi.