text: Francis continues: "And let us hold all clerics and religious as our masters in those things which regard the salvation of souls, if they do not deviate from our religion, and let us reverence their office and order and administration in the Lord." 
  
  It doesn't sound like St. Francis was "heterodox" or into "alternative orthodoxy".  
  
  Richard Rohr's position on the Atonement is clear and can be found on his web site and on Youtube.  He denies the substitutionary nature of the Atonement which flies in the face of Scripture (including Jesus' own words) and the Doctors of the Church.   
  
  Bill, you've sunk to a new low.