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341:"The Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi", which documents the oral traditions of the Franciscans, told several stories of "Brother Juniper". The most famous of these is the story of how Brother Juniper, when he heard a sick brother request a pig's foot as a meal, took a kitchen knife and ran into the forest, where he saw a herd of swine feeding. There, he quickly cut the foot off of one of the swine and carried it back to the brother, leaving the swine to die. This angered the herdsman, who complained to Saint Francis. Saint Francis confronted Brother Juniper, who joyfully exclaimed, "It is true, sweet father, that I did cut off the swine's foot. I will tell thee the reason. I went out of charity to visit the brother who is sick." Brother Juniper likewise explained to the angry herdsman who, seeing the "charity, simplicity, and humility" (Hudleston, 1953) in Brother Juniper's heart, forgave him and delivered the rest of the pig to the brothers. 350: 167: 268: 458: 31: 519: 589: 369: 827:. The protagonist's coachman describes him as "one of those holy men," who lives by himself in the forest, strictly differentiates between eating bread which he calls "God's gift to man" and "tame creatures" on the one hand, and birds "of the free air" and creatures "of the forest and of the field" on the other hand, the latter of which he sees as being sinful. 816:“Oh Great Christian Grisha! Your faith was so strong that you felt the nearness of God; your love was so great that words flowed of their own will from your lips, and you did not verify them by reason. And what high praise you gave to the majesty of God, when, not finding any words, you prostrated yourself on the ground.” 442:
Ivanov argued that, unlike in the past, modern yurodivy are generally aware that they look pathetic in others’ eyes. They strive to preempt this contempt through exaggerated self-humiliation, and following such displays they let it be known both that their behaviors were staged and that their purpose
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described "holy fool" as a term for a person who "feigns insanity, pretends to be foolish, or who provokes shock or outrage by his deliberate unruliness." He explained that such conduct qualifies as holy foolery only if the audience believes that the individual is sane, moral, and pious. The Eastern
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order, was known for taking the doctrine of the Franciscans to the extreme. Whenever anyone asked for any of his possessions, he freely gave them away, including his clothes. He once even cut off the bells from his altar-cloth and gave them to a poor woman. His fellow Franciscans had to watch him
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He was an awesome figure: emaciated, barefoot and in rags, with eyes that "looked right through you" and long, shaggy hair. He always wore chains around his neck...Neighborhood children would sometimes run after him, laughing and calling out his name. Older persons, as a rule, viewed Grisha with
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order or religious life, or deliberately flouting society's conventions to serve a religious purpose—particularly of Christianity. Such individuals have historically been known as both "holy fools" and "blessed fools". The term "fool" connotes what is perceived as
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among others. The key characteristics of foolishness for Christ in Western Christianity are sleeping rough (outdoors) and homelessness, a minimalistic lifestyle with very few if any possessions and a strict dedication to prayer and self-renunciation.
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Grisha's abnormal social conduct, seizures, and rants were common behaviors amongst holy fools. The esteem expressed by adults was also common. In his autobiography, Tolstoy expressed such esteem in reaction to overhearing Grisha praying:
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respect and a little fear, especially when he suffered one of his periodic seizures and began to shout and rant. At such times adult bystanders would crowd around and listen, for they believed that the Holy Spirit was working through him.
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The Holy is too great and too terrible when encountered directly for men of normal sanity to be able to contemplate it comfortably. Only those who cannot care for the consequences run the risk of the direct confrontation of the Holy.
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of the Holy Fool was ambiguous, and could be real or simulated. He (or she) was believed to have been divinely inspired, and was therefore able to say truths which others could not, normally in the form of indirect allusions or
404:. The yurodivy is a Holy Fool, one who acts intentionally foolish in the eyes of men. The term implies behaviour "which is caused neither by mistake nor by feeble-mindedness, but is deliberate, irritating, even provocative." 327:, whose order was known for following the teachings of Christ and walking in his footsteps. Thus, upon joining the order, Franciscans gave away all possessions and focused on preaching in the streets to the common man. 338:
closely, and strictly forbade him from giving away his clothes. While such behaviors were embarrassing to his brothers, he was also recognized as a pure example of the Franciscan order and thus esteemed.
607:"Crazy for God" is an expression sometimes used in the United States and other English speaking countries to convey a similar idea to "Foolishness for Christ." It has been especially connected to the 196:: "Here comes the time, when people will behave like madmen, and if they see anybody who does not behave like that, they will rebel against him and say: 'You are mad', — because he is not like them." 154:
By the opinion of certain scholars, these prophets were not counted as fools by their contemporaries, as they just carried out separate actions to attract people's attention and to awake their
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Petzold, H.G. (1977): "Zur Frömmigkeit der heiligen Narren". In: Die Einheit der Kirche. Festschrift für Peter Meinhold, hrsg. v. Lorenz Hein. Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden, 140–53.
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Orthodox Church holds that holy fools voluntarily take up the guise of insanity in order to conceal their perfection from the world, and thus avoid praise.
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In Western Christianity there have been several saints who lived lives that were rather eccentric and seemingly foolish. Among the earliest of them was St.
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praying. He did not wear clothing either in summer or winter. Fools for Christ often challenge accepted norms to serve a religious purpose. Painting by
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Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back
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who exhibited signs of strange behaviour are considered by some scholars to be predecessors of "Fools for Christ". The prophet
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Ewa M. Thompson, Understanding Russia : the holy fool in Russian culture, Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987
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The Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi", 1st English translation, revised and amended. London: Burns & Oates.
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was closely related to that of rejection of common social rules of hypocrisy, brutality and quest for power and gains.
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Holy Foolishness, by the Rev. Frank Logue, King of Peace Episcopal Church, Kingsland, Georgia, February 2002
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Sutton Publishing, Stroud, 2004, contains much on holy folly in both the Christian and Islamic traditions
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of Egypt (d. 369) among the first Holy Fools. However, the term was not popularized until the coming of
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Svitlana Kobets, "From the Tabennisi nunnery to Pussy Riot: female holy fools in Byzantium and Russia,"
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Holy Madness: The Shock Tactics and Radical Teachings of Crazy-Wise Adepts, Holy Fools and Rascal Gurus
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Belief Ubracketed: A Case for the Religion Scholar to Reveal More of Where He or She Is Coming From
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is quoted as saying: "We leaders should leave the tradition that we have become crazy for God."
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Some characteristics that were commonly seen in holy fools were going around half-naked, being
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According to Christian ideas, "foolishness" included consistent rejection of worldly cares and
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explores the ramifications of placing a holy fool (the compassionate and insightful epileptic
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walked naked and barefoot for about three years, predicting a forthcoming captivity in Egypt (
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holy fools in 19th century Russian literature. The holy fool Nikolka is a character in
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titled a memoir about his experiences in the six months he spent as a church member:
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Frith, Uta. (1989) Autism: The Elegant Enigma. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
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Other notable lay men who led saintly albeit eccentric lifestyles were
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Petzold, H.G. (1968): Gottes heilige Narren. Hochland 2, 1968, 97–109.
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character, "Durochka" (en. little fool girl) is played by director
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of fifth-century Byzantium, and it was extensively adopted in
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and other saints acted the part of Holy Fools, as have the
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The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool: A Syrian Journey
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was to disguise their superiority over their audience.
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version of foolishness for Christ, a peculiar form of
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A further example is Kasyan in the ninth sketch from
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The yurodivy appears several times in the novels of
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Symeon the New Theologian as Foolishness for Christ
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Fools for Christ - Jaroslav Pelikan - Google Boeken
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Index

Holy fool

Basil Fool for Christ
Sergei Kirillov
Greek
Church Slavonic
ascetic
feeblemindedness
blessed
Paul the Apostle
Desert Fathers
Eastern Orthodox
asceticism
prophets
Old Testament
Isaiah
Isaiah 20:2, 3
Ezekiel
Jerusalem
Ezekiel 4:9–15
Hosea
a harlot
Hosea 3
repentance

Vasily Surikov
imitating Christ
early ages of Christianity
Anthony the Great
Biblical

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