Bibliograph

Holiness of life, being St. Bonaventure's treatise De perfectione vitæ ad sorores

Type

Label

Holiness of life, being St. Bonaventure's treatise De perfectione vitæ ad sorores

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Holiness of life

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

being St. Bonaventure's treatise De perfectione vitæ ad sorores

Summary

The Law of the Lord teaches us the way to live, what is to be done, avoided, believed, prayed for, longed for and feared. It teaches how to live the blameless and spotless life, how to keep one's promises, and how to be sincerely contrite for one's failings. The Law of the Lord teaches contempt for earthly things and a loathing for all things of the flesh. Finally, it explains how with our whole heart, whole soul, and whole mind we are to be converted to Jesus Christ. Bonaventure so united holiness and theological knowledge that he rose to the heights of mysticism, while remaining a very active preacher and teacher, one beloved by all who met him. To know him was to love him; to read him is still for us today to meet a true Franciscan and a gentleman

Target audience

adult

Creator