The Author intends to show how, in the Franciscan perspective, theological knowledge takes, first of all, the form of experience. Moreover, in his view, theology cannot even do without the language of feelings, even though it must eschew "spiritualism", intimism, religious narcissism, all of which avoid the openness to relationship that is proper to any authentic via amoris. Faith itself finds its perfection in love. The Author undertakes a close study of the thought of St. Bonaventure, with the intention of bringing out the present-day relevance of the Franciscan tradition by demonstrating agreement between the perspective of the Franciscan theologian and the thinking of the International Theological Commission. He would wish to see both agreeing on theology being (not only "fides quaerens intellectum", but) aksi "spes quaerens intellectum" and "caritas quaerens intellectum". A rich theological synthesis in this sense, relevant to the present day, could be found particularly in the Franciscan "via pulchritudinis".
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