We read the Book of Proverbs, "Behold, I have described it to thee three manner of ways"; And knowing that the Trinity governs every science we can assuredly say that the science related in Sacred Scripture Surely must represent the Trinity. And indeed it does, For the Wise Man has described these three ways In a spiritual interpretation: Moral, Allegorical, Anagogicai. This triple sense In turn corresponds to something further: Purgation, Illumination, Perfection. For purgation leads one to peace; Illumination draws one to truth; Perfection is the same as charity. When these three are in...
We read the Book of Proverbs, "Behold, I have described it to thee three manner of ways"; And knowing that the Trinity governs every science we can as...
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...
2016 Reprint of 1960 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Volume one of the 1960 tran...
