Saint Bonaventure and the Number of the Beast
He identified the rationalistic theology influenced by the rise of Aristotelianism with the “smoke rising from the abyss” (Apocalypse 9:21).
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The post-doctoral dissertation of the young Joseph Ratzinger, The Theology of History in Saint Bonaventure,[1] introduces us to the heart of the great medieval debates on the profound meanings of history. Through this work, I first encountered the eschatological interpretation developed by the seventh Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor within the context of the scholastic disputes of…
