The Mind Road´s to God

The Mind Road´s to God

  • Autor: Saint Bonaventure
  • Editor: Cervantes Digital
  • Col·lecció: Religiosos
  • ISBN: 9781312239562
  • Lloc de publicació:  Quito , Ecuador
  • Any de publicació: 2023

Many historians, theologians, and philosophers consider Bonaventure’s essay a masterpiece among the shorter works of medieval philosophy. It contains Bonaventure’s interpretation of a vision St. Francis of Assisi had. In the vision, St. Francis receives the wounds of Christ from a six-winged seraph. As Bonaventure saw it, the six wings symbolized six steps along the road to perfection and the divine. The steps or stages he details integrates the Neoplatonic hierarchy of being with Christian doctrine concerning God’s relationship with his creation.

  • PROLOGUE.
  • CHAPTER ONE. OF THE STAGES IN THE ASCENT TO GOD AND OF HIS REFLECTION IN HIS TRACES IN THE UNIVERSE.
  • CHAPTER TWO. OF THE REFLECTION OF GOD IN HIS TRACES IN THE SENSIBLE WORLD.
  • CHAPTER THREE. OF THE REFLECTION OF GOD IN HIS IMAGE STAMPED UPON OUR NATURAL POWERS.
  • CHAPTER FOUR. OF THE REFLECTION OF GOD IN HIS IMAGE REFORMED BY THE GIFTS OF GRACE.
  • CHAPTER FIVE. OF THE REFLECTION OF THE DIVINE UNITY IN ITS PRIMARY NAME WHICH IS BEING.
  • CHAPTER SIX. OF THE REFLECTION OF THE MOST BLESSED TRINITY IN ITS NAME, WHICH IS GOOD.
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. OF MENTAL AND MYSTICAL ELEVATION, IN WHICH REPOSE IS GIVEN TO THE INTELLECT WHEN THE AFFECTIONS PASS ENTIRELY INTO GOD THOUGH ELEVATION.