FOUR QUESTIONS ON MARY - Franciscan Institute Publications

et nasum, id est, in diversum potest flecti sensum.) And the
bachelor or master conducting the discussion had to show his
dialectical skill in bending it in his own favor. As the bearers
of tradition, however, Scripture and the Fathers of the
Church must always be treated with reverence, and never
openly contradicted. For while contemporary opponents able
to defend themselves might be boldly attacked and often at
great length within the corpus of the question, each discussion
had to end with some gesture of respect for the past.
Needless to say, I am grateful as always for the interest
and generous support of my Franciscan confreres at the Old
Mission, and in particular to Father William A. Haney, who
suggested doing the present work and did so much of the editorial
drudgery necessary for our first experiment in desktop
publishing.
Allan B. Wolter, O.F.M.
The Franciscan Institute
December 8, 1999