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Jul 15, 2016 · As Benedict explains, “Christ was no longer the end of history, as he was for the Fathers of the Church, but rather its center; history does not end with Christ but begins a new period.” Bonaventure was not attempting to reject the Church Fathers, but rather, in St. Francis, Bonaventure saw that Christ could bring newness to the Church and that Christ’s riches are inexhaustible.
St. Bonaventure reiterates that Jesus Christ is always the same, yesterday and today and thus so is his Church. But, at the same time, based on the figure of the great holiness of St. Francis of Assisi, he theorizes, and also spreads, the idea that Church over the long course of the centuries, evolves in the understanding of this truth that is Jesus.
- Made For Ecstasy
- It All Starts with Desire
- Christ Crucified Is The Door
‘Anthropology’ is the study of the human being: what we are, where we come from, how different societies and cultures have developed over time. At its heart, Catholicism invites us into a ‘theological anthropology’: a consideration of who we are and what we were created for in the light of eternity; in the light of the God who reveals himself, who ...
How do we begin this journey? How do we begin to step out of ourselves and go beyond, passing into union with God? The analogy of spousal love is helpful. A couple’s union begins with the desirefor one another. In the same way, Bonaventure says, we cannot be given over to this ‘ecstasy’ unless we become someone ‘inflamed’ with desires. There are tw...
Of course, Bonaventure wouldn’t be giving us a truly Christian vision unless Christ were at the centre of it. The object of our desire is not something vague, abstract or ethereal—on the contrary. ‘This path,’ Bonaventure writes, ‘is nothing but a burning love of the Crucified’. He quotes St John’s words in the book of Revelation: ‘Blessed are they...
The third chapter examines Bonaventure on the human suffering of the Word. In the first part of this chapter, I examine the human nature of the Word in contemporary scholarship. For Bonaventure the whole life of Jesus Christ is salvific and therefore mediatorial. The two major areas of concern are Christ’s human intellect and will.
St Bonaventure rejected the idea of the Trinitarian rhythm of history. God is one for all history and is not tritheistic. Hence history is one, even if it is a journey and, according to St Bonaventure, a journey of progress. 2. Jesus Christ is God's last word — in him God said all, giving and expressing himself.
of us can express these experiences fully. In his Life of St. Francis, B says: “the true love of Christ had trans-formed his lover (St. Francis) into His image”. This is a shining example of inspiration. B shows that Jesus-love is the transforming power. Christ-love changes us (transforms). Jesus takes us to Himself. We start alienated
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Feb 15, 2018 · Christ Is the Template for CreationThursday, February 15, 2018. The Franciscan philosopher and Doctor of the Church, St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio (1217-1274) was an exemplary mystic because he so effectively pulled his brilliant mind down into his passionate heart. [1] In Bonaventure’s writings, you will find little or none of the medieval ...
