CRUCIFIED LOVE
A FRANCISCAN PERSPECTIVE
Bonaventure's Mysticism of the Crucified Christ
...by Ilia Delio, O.S.F.
STUDIES IN FRANCISCANISM. Highly recommended. "The author studies various aspects of Bonaventure's mystical world view, leading to an understanding of the relevance to contemporary issues such as individualism and relatedness, peace and violence, and the problems of the created world's relationship to the person who seeks to love God in all and above all." - from the forward of the book "An act of love is why Jesus came, not a response due to sin." -from a review by Kevin, SFO - ." From the Introduction: "Francis was a true lover of Christ, according to Bonaventure, because he was perfectly conformed to the Crucified Christ both in spirit ad in flesh. The stigmatized Francis signifies to Bonaventure that if one desires happiness and peace, one must contemplate God and strive for mystical union through conformity to Christ Crucified, the Word of God. ... Since Christ is the true image in whom we are created, he is our model of what it means to be authentically human." Paper, 268 pages, Franciscan Press. (Order FP90988 Price $15.95 ) |
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