In the Name of Our Lord
Here begins the Rule and Form of life of the Friars Minor.
CHAPTER I.
The Rule and life of the Friars Minor is this : To observe the holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ, living in Obedience, without Property, and in Chastity. Brother Francis promises obedience and reverence to Our Lord the Pope Honorius IIL, and his successors canonically elected, and to the Roman Church ; and the other Brothers are bound to obey Brother Francis and his successors.