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Bonaventure was a proponent of the “most famous pair” (binarium famosissimum), the logical entailment of the thesis of (near) universal hylomorphism and the plurality of metaphysical form that distinguished the Franciscan school of thought throughout the thirteenth century. He argued that all created things possess the metaphysical attributes of matter and form—his advocacy of the ...
Abstract. Bonaventure, known as the ‘Seraphic Doctor’, has been described as ‘the most Dionysian mind of the Middle Ages’. Believing Dionysius to have been taught by Paul himself, he regarded him as the supreme authority on contemplation, and the Dionysian vision of creation as the ecstatic outpouring of divine eros and its return to God through hierarchically mediated reciprocal ...
Nov 1, 2005 · Bonaventure. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio (b. ca. 1221, d. 15 July 1274) was a Franciscan, a master of philosophy and theology at the University of Paris, Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.), a Bishop and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. During his lifetime he rose to become one of the most prominent men in Latin Christianity.
In his early 40s, having been recently appointed as minister general of the Franciscan friars, the philosopher-priest Bonaventure, “under a divine impulse,” retreated to La Verna, Italy, the site of St. Francis’ vision of “the winged Seraph in the form of the Crucified.”. Bonaventure had been “seeking peace with a panting spirit ...
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Irish Franciscans, Dublin, Ireland 01-6742500 info@franciscans.ie. Contact Information ... St. Bonaventure (1217-1274) Friar Minor. Doctor of the Church.
Feb 23, 2006 · Bonaventure calls theology the perfect science, because it alone traverses the whole, going from the First Principle to the final end; it alone begins with the highest, God, and descends to the lowest, hell. Theology begins where philosophy ends—with God. Bonaventure frequently identifies theology with sacred scripture; indeed, he uses the ...
Placing all in the context of Bonaventure’s Trinitarianism, the heart of the chapter explores Bonaventure’s conception of salvation history and the role of Christ at the centre of that history. A detailed account of Bonaventure’s account of the graceful and sacramental elevation of humanity follows.
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