On the Reduction of the Arts to Theology

De Reductione Artium ad Theologiam

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80 pages

English, Latin language

Published 1996 by Franciscan Institute.

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978-1-57659-043-0
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In his treatsie, On the Reduction of the Arts to Theology or, in Latin, De Redcutione Artium ad Theologiam, St. Bonaventure deals with the relation of the finite to the infinite, of the natural to the supernatural, in a way which well establishes his preeminence as a mystic, a philosopher and a theologian. This English translation (from Latin) and commentary brings to the modern day reader an appreciation of the return of all created things to God.

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This is such a sublime and magnificent work that even in comparison to the glowing mystical passion of the highest work of medieval mysticism, Itinerarium Mentis in Deum, also by St. Bonaventure, its beauty doesn't faint. This work of St. Bonaventure is cast in the mold of scholastic form, so though short and concise, a metaphysical universe that's not like the classical one but with the structure which is in its spirits homologous to a Gothic cathedral emerges, and the passionate Franciscan iridescence through the stained glass of mysticism serenely illuminates. All knowledge will be destroyed, truly.

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  • Theology
  • Catholic Theology

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