CHAPTER VIII
Of the Election of the Minister General of this Fraternity, and of the Chapter of Pentecost,
The Brethren are obliged always to have one of the Friars of this Order for the Minister General and Servant of the whole Fraternity; and him they are strictly bound to obey. When he dies, his successor shall be elected by the Provincial Ministers and the Custodes in the Chapter of Pentecost, at which Chapter the Provincial Ministers are always bound to assemble, wherever the Minister General shall appoint. And this they shall do once in every three years, or at other periods longer or shorter according as the aforesaid Minister shall ordain. And if at any time it shall seem to all the Provincial Ministers and Custodes, that the aforesaid Minister General is not qualified for the service and general welfare of the Brethren, the said Brothers to whom the election is committed are bound to elect another in the Name of the Lord. Moreover, after the Chapter of Pentecost, the Provincial Ministers and the Custodes may each, if they wish, and deem it expedient, convoke a Chapter of the Brethren in their Custodies once in
the same year.