This is a new translation of St. Bonaventure's classic of Mystical work by one who is an authority on the Seraphic doctor's theology. Written with comprehensive introduction and notes that never exist before in any of the language, this edition is a masterpiece. The Triple Way by the great Franciscan doctor of the Church, St. Bonaventure (1217-1274), is often called the "Summa of Spiritual Theology", a classic which has had and continues to have great influence in the theory and cultivation of the interior life of prayer and penance. This translation with notes by Fr. Peter Damien Fehlner, FI, is prefaced by a lengthy introduction and followed by several appendices illustrating the influence of Sts. Bernard and Anselm on the Seraphic Doctor. The editor is at pains to point out the Marian character of this great work seldom treated by other studies.
Franciscan Studies is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal published by the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University. It deals with Franciscan matters: history, philosophy, theology, and art. Contributors will include Hal Friday, Paul Rorem, Dominic Whitehouse, Holly J. Grieco, Dominique Poirel, Boyd Taylor Coolman, Dale M. Coulter, David Burr, Isabelle Heullant-Donat and Bert Roest.
Francis, go and build up My house, which thou seest, is falling into ruin." To fulfill this command of Our Lord, St Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) began by restoring physical churches and continued by building up the spiritual Church in souls. Francis' humility, purity, and true joy inspired many to conversion and a deeper faith. Never ordained a priest, St. Francis nonetheless was a preacher and a miracle-worker of the first order - curing, prophesying, casting out devils, turning water into wine, and raising people frmo the dead. The Life of St Francis of Assisi by St Bonaventure conveys a picture of the Saint that renders an indelible impression of a man totally transformed by God.
So, by means of these six wings, it is possible accurately to understand the six levels of enlightenment, by which the soul, as though taking steps or making gradual movement, transcends into peace through an ecstatic deepening of Christian wisdom. This path, however, is nothing but a burning love for the Crucified, which so transformed Paul into Christ, being caught up in the third heaven - so much so that he said, "I am crucified with Christ - but it is now not I who live, but Christ who lives in me"11. It was also this love which so absorbed Francis' mind and expressed itself in his flesh for two years before his death, during which time he bore the most sacred stigmata of the Passion. The image of the six seraphic wings implies the six grades of enlightenment, which begin with the created world and lead ultimately to God, into whom no-one truly enters except through the Crucified. For, whoever does not enter by the door, but ascends in some other way, is but a trespasser and a thief
Journey of the Mind To God - The Triple Way, Or, Love Enkindled - The Tree of Life - The Mystical Vine - On the Perfection of Life, Addressed to Sisters
Journey of the Mind To God - The Triple Way, Or, Love Enkindled - The Tree of Life - The Mystical Vine - On the Perfection of Life, Addressed to Sisters
2016 Reprint of 1960 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Volume one of the 1960 translation of Bonaventure, containing his most important treatises. As a theologian, Bonaventure based the revival of his order, the Franciscans, on his conception of the spiritual life, which he expounded in mystical treatises manifesting his Franciscan experience of contemplation as a perfection of the Christian life. His "Journey of the Mind to God" (1259) was a masterpiece showing the way by which man as a creature ought to love and contemplate God through Christ after the example of St. Francis. Modern scholars consider him to have been one of the foremost men of his age, an intrepid defender of human and divine truth, and an outstanding exponent of a mystical and Christian wisdom. This edition contains the following works: Journey of the Mind To God - The Triple Way, or, Love Enkindled - The Tree of Life - The Mystical Vine - On the Perfection of Life, Addressed to Sisters
Left incomplete at the death of St. Bonaventure (b. 1221 ) in 1274, the Collationes in Hexaemeron represent the final synthesis of Bonaventure's thought as well as his response to the controversy over the Latin Averroism at the University of Paris. J. Guy Bougerol, OFM, has written, "In perfectly clear language, manifesting thought in full possession of its means of expression, Bonaventure spoke to masters and students alike with his Intelligence and with his heart." Our reprint of the classic St. Anthony Guild edition makes this text available in English for the first time in decades. Using the six days of creation as a literary and symbolic framework, Bonaventure exposes here the conclusions of his thought in its final and highest form. His main intention is to refute the excesses of the "Artists, " that is, of those masters of the School of Arts of the University of Paris who placed exaggerated emphasis on the rationalism of Aristotle as opposed to the inspiration of the Scriptures.
Sermons on the Blessed Virgin Mary by St. Bonaventure,Volume IX of a 12 Volume set. Fr. Campion Murray, OFM, Lector Emeritus of the Yarra Theological Union and Fellow of the Melbourne College of Divinity, lives at St. Paschal's College, a Franciscan Friary in Box Hill, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. Part of the college forms the campus of YTU where Campion was a faculty member from its inception and twice elected President of the Theological Union. His two terms of office helped consolidate YTU and its ecumenical openness. Fr. Campion made his final profession in the Province of the Holy Spirit, Australia in 1948 and was ordained priest in July 1951. After studies at the Athenaeum Antonianum, Rome in the field of systematic theology, he has for the many years following, been an inspiring teacher and shepherd to many students, lecturing especially in the field of Wisdom Literature. Translations of early Franciscan works have been for many years a vital interest in his life. This present series, Early Franciscan Ascetical Writings, represents only a small part of the body of works that this great scholar has translated, among them St. Bonaventure's Commentary on Ecclesiastes, Franciscan Institute, Saint Bonaventure, NY, 2005.
This series provides annotated translations from the Latin originals of the works of St. Bonaventure for students and seekers who wish to steep themselves in the rich theological vision of this medieval giant. Begun in 1996 and now totaling 15 volumes with several volumes in development, this is the definitive series for the best and most current English-language translations of Bonaventure?s work
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