Dominicans
Founded by Spaniard Dominic Guzman (1170-1221), and given official approval in 1220, the preaching order was called "mendicant" meaning "begging" and the term "friar" (or brother) distinguished them from monks because, unlike monks, they went forth to live among people to preach and teach. Just as monastic housed had once arisen to minister in the countryside, so the mendicant friars now emerged to meet the spiritual needs of townspeople. In the same year that the Dominican order was formed, Pope Innocent III took the Inquisition from the hands of the bishops and turned it over to the newly formed Dominicans. (If you ask me, I think that was a real crass move. Ruined the Dominicans for whatever good they may have been worth. Just thought you’d like to know that.)
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