Tau PublishingBonaventure
Mystical Writings
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- ISBN, perfect bound
- 978-1-935257-96-7
- ISBN, EPUB ebook
- 978-1-61956-720-7
- ISBN, PDF ebook
- 978-1-61956-721-4
- Pages
- 150
- Size
- 5.5 × 8.5 in
- Edition
- Perfect bound, Tau Publishing edition (© 1999)
- Language
- English
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About this book
The life, ideas and selected writings of one of the greatest mystical philosophers of all time.
St. Bonaventure (1221–1274) is called the Seraphic Doctor in honor of the burning love at the heart of his teaching. Étienne Gilson described him as “a St. Francis of Assisi gone philosopher and lecturing at the University of Paris.” Healed by St. Francis as an infant, a contemporary of Thomas Aquinas and a student of Alexander of Hales, he led the Franciscan order through a time of great upheaval.
Zachary Hayes, OFM, one of the leading interpreters of Bonaventure, introduces his life and world and then lets him speak: on wisdom and knowledge, the world as a book that reveals God, the human person as the image of God, God as the mystery of being and the highest good, Christ the center, and the goal of the soul’s journey into God.
Selections from The Journey of the Soul into God and many other works are set in a clear commentary that opens them to readers today.
Inside
- Foreword and Preface
- Introduction: the life and works of St. Bonaventure, Francis and Alverna, the Stigmata
- Chapters 1–6: Bonaventure’s Program, the World Around Us, the World Within, the World Above, Christ the Center, the Goal of the Journey
- Conclusion and Selected Bibliography