Gregg DesElms
Gregg DesElms answered question
This is an old question, so I don't know why I'm bothering to answer it, except that some of the other answers I'm reading here are a little superficial or frivolous... ...and I'd simply like to finally just get this question answered both thoroughly and correctly as of December 2010, to wit: The original Temptations … Read more
Gregg DesElms
Gregg DesElms answered
First of all, it's not why did (past tense) they wear robes because they wear them still.   Second of all, just to be clear, there's a difference between friars and monks.  Monks are usually monastic, cloistered and ascetic; and friars are usually more out in the world and in service to a community... Either their … Read more