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

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