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St Dominic in founding the Order was truly innovative: he intimately linked study to the ministry of salvation. 1  He himself always carried around with him St Matthew’s gospel and Saint Paul’s letters. 2  He directed the brothers to the schools, 3  and sent them ‘to study, preach and establish convents’ 4  in the larger cities.

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  • 1

    Primitive Constitutions, Prologue.

  • 2

    Process of Canonization. MOPH XVI, p. 147, n. 29.

  • 3

    Humbert of Romans, Legends of St Dominic. MOPH XVI, p. 400, n. 40.

  • 4

    Process of Canonization, MOPH, XVI, p. 143/44, n. 26. Libellus de principiis ordinis praedicatorum, MOPH XVI, p. 50, n. 51.