If then the saint's sermons were on the whole moral rather than doctrinal, it was less because he preached to meet the wants of his day, and those wh… - Paschal Robinson

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If then the saint's sermons were on the whole moral rather than doctrinal, it was less because he preached to meet the wants of his day, and those whom he addressed had not strayed from dogmatic truth; they were still "hearers", if not "doers", of the Word. For this reason Francis set aside all questions more theoretical than practical, and returned to the Gospel.