1. The Third First Order consists of religious and lay men and women who try to emulate Saint Francis' spirit by performing works of teaching, charity, and social service.
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1. The Third First Order consists of religious and lay men and women who try to emulate Saint Francis' spirit by performing works of teaching, charity, and social service.
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3. The First Order includes three branches: the earliest branch, dating back to Francis himself, and are known as "Franciscans" or "Observants", who are a religious order of men; the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, or simply "Capuchins;" and the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, or simply "Conventuals.
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4. The Senate believed the First Order was still no threat, considering them just a fringe group of loyalists who overexaggerated its own strength.
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