Credibile ut intelligibile in St. Bonaventure's Commentary on the Sentences

This volume presents, for the first time in English, Marco Arosio’s study of Bonaventure’s theological epistemology: Credibile ut intelligibile. In this work Arosio seeks to clarify what Bonaventure meant when discussing theology as a science. The credibile is that which a Christian accepts by faith...

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Main Author Arosio, Marco
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Italy IF PRESS 2025
SeriesRicerche di storia della filosofia e teologia medioevali
Subjects
Bonaventure of Bagnoregio
Christian theology
Medieval philosophy
REL067110 – RELIGION / Christian Theology / Epistemology
Scholasticism
Theological epistemology
Theology as science
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Summary:This volume presents, for the first time in English, Marco Arosio’s study of Bonaventure’s theological epistemology: Credibile ut intelligibile. In this work Arosio seeks to clarify what Bonaventure meant when discussing theology as a science. The credibile is that which a Christian accepts by faith. The subject of theology, for Bonaventure, is the credibile insofar as reason makes it intelligibile, that is, something the rational mind understands. Reason applied to the credibile does make theology a scientia specialis, but it is a scientia specialis de omnibus. The theologian, whose concern is with the Bible as interpreted by the Fathers, is not limited by rules of deductive procedure, but embraces the knowledge of all things with the goal of ecstatic rapture. For Bonaventure, theology cannot be a merely rational process. Rather, the science of theology requires elevating grace and engages both intellect and will.
ISBN:8867883135
9788867883134
DOI:10.3308/IFP.16