Misericors Dei Filius Explained

Misericors Dei Filius is the title of the 1883 "Constitution On the Law of the Franciscan Third Order" by Pope Leo XIII.^[1]

In it Leo XIII declared that wearing of medium-sized scapulars of the "Third Order" or the miniature forms of the smaller devotional scapular entitled the wearer equally to gain the indulgences associated with the order.^[2]

Notes and References

1. The Complete Writings of St. Francis of Assisi by St. Francis of Assisi, Z. El Bey 2009 Page 88
2. http://www.franciscan-archive.org/bullarium/mdf-e.html Franciscan Archive