Their rebellion . . . translated their dispossession into the free possessionlessness of childhood.
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Possessionlessness
//pəˈzɛʃn̩.ləs.nəs//
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Olivi in his commentary on the Apocalypse sanctified Francisan poverty, in the extreme form of absolute penury as well as possessionlessness attributed by the Franciscan Spirituals to St. Francis.
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More appropriate here is a definition of poverty as "possessionlessness," an understanding conveyed by the Pāli term akiñcana ("without anything," "lacking possessions").
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