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INTRODUCTIONXIthat fact helped greatly in capturing the most appropriatetranslation. Over the past several years, a number ofscholars have used drafts of this translation in theirclasses: Ilia Delio of the Washington Theological Union,Michael Blastic and Oleg Bychkov of St. BonaventureUniversity, and Wayne Hellmann at Saint Louis University.They have detected a number of errors and made somehelpful suggestions for which I am most grateful. In particular,I would like to acknowledge Professor JamesGinther of Saint Louis for alerting me to Bonaventure’sdependence on a work of Robert Grosseteste in the Prologue.And I must thank the editors of Franciscan InstitutePublications for their patience as I brought this effortto completion.This year marks my fortieth anniversary as a professedFranciscan friar. As I look back over these years, my brothersin Holy Name Province deserve my special thanks fortheir constant affection and support. To them I dedicatethis book. In a particular way, I will be ever grateful tothose who encouraged my gifts during my formation years:Reginald Redlon, Boniface Hanley, Hugh Eller, DamianMcElrath, Alexander DiLella, Regis Duffy, and VincentCushing.Iuveni quaerenti lucemExempla erant et magistriDominic V. Monti, O.F.M.St. Bonaventure UniversityFeast of the Holy Trinity, 2005