St. Bonaventure's Commentary On The Gospel Of Luke, Chapters 1-8

by Bonaventure

The extraordinary Commentary on St. Luke's Gospel by St. Bonaventure is matched only by the equally extraordinary ability and expertise of its translator and editor, Robert Karris. This highly readable translation with its invaluable footnotes and union of medieval commentary with contemporary exegesis will appeal to Franciscans, Lucan scholars, preachers and will also allow for quiet moments of Lectio Divina.

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Published December 15, 2001

About the author

Bonaventure (b. 1221 as John of Fidanza) was an Italian medieval scholastic theologian and philosopher, the eighth Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor. He was a Cardinal Bishop of Albano. He was canonized on 14 April 1482 by Pope Sixtus IV and declared a Doctor of the Church in the year 1588 by Pope Sixtus V. He is known as the "Seraphic Doctor" (Latin: "Doctor Seraphicus"). Many writings believed in the Middle Ages to be his are now collected under the name Pseudo-Bonaventura.