Nudus et pauper: Il significato della scelta francescana di povertà nell'interpretazione di Bonaventura da Bagnoregio
Bonaventure's interpretation of the Franciscan choice of poverty is embedded within his philosophy of the status viae; that is, of the existential conditions in which man's journey through time towards eternity takes place. The homo pauper is the homo viator and the status viae is the exil...
| Published in: | Miscellanea francescana |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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[2017]
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Miscellanea francescana
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| RelBib Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
povertà
B Humility B Poverty B Desire B Grace B grazia B desiderio B homo viator B umiltà |
| Summary: | Bonaventure's interpretation of the Franciscan choice of poverty is embedded within his philosophy of the status viae; that is, of the existential conditions in which man's journey through time towards eternity takes place. The homo pauper is the homo viator and the status viae is the exile on earth: begun with the loss of Eden's gifts of innocence due to original sin and continuing on the path that returns to the heavenly home in which it will fully realize human existence. However, Bonaventure affi rms in his works that the status gloriae requires the anticipation of the status gratiae. Grace, a divine life in which man participates, is the power of God that heals the wounds caused by sin and once more gives us a chance for communion with God. However, God gives Himself to those who seek him-observes Bonaventure and to seek him, it is necessary to desire him: desire arises from the recognition of one's own nothingness in the face of the Absolute. For this reason, humility is the door that opens up to truth and salvation. Humility is closely linked with poverty: both express the radical contingency of the creature and both can become evangelical virtues if, in faith, one opens himself to God's love. It is the imitation of Christ-Incarnate Word of the Father, who made Himself naked and poor out of love, the believer's one exemplar-which is the motivation that drives voluntary poverty to be the privileged evangelical choice. |
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| ISSN: | 0026-587X |
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