Works of St. Bonaventure Works of St. Bonaventure - Franciscan ...

CONTENTSPREFACE ...................................................................... ixINTRODUCTION ............................................................ xiiiPROLOGUE ..................................................................... 1The Breadth of Holy Scripture .................................. 5The Length of Holy Scripture ................................... 8The Height of Holy Scripture .................................. 11The Depth of Holy Scripture ................................... 13The Mode of Procedure of Holy Scripture .............. 17The Mode of Expounding Holy Scripture ............... 19The Chapters of the Breviloquium.......................... 23Part One: On the Trinity of God .............................. 27A Summary of the Seven Topics of Theology .......... 27What We Must Hold Concerning the Trinityof Persons and the Unity of Essence ................. 29The Right Understanding of This Belief ................ 33The Catholic Expression of This Belief ................... 37The Unity of the Divine NatureIn Relation to a Diversity of Manifestations .... 41The Unity of the Divine NatureIn Relation to Multiple Appropriations ............ 44God’s Omnipotence .................................................. 47God’s Wisdom, Predestination,and Foreknowledge ............................................ 49God’s Will and Providence ....................................... 53