Eric Doyle was a man of vision. It was a vision of Christ seen through the eyes of St. Francis of Assisi, which vision brought a unity and a dignity to all creation, as well as a fraternal connection with Christ, the first brother of all. This same vision led Eric to his fascination with Teilhard de Chardin on the one hand and his interest for mother earth and ecology on the other. In 1974, Eric's dream to return to Canterbury, the place where the Franciscan story in England began in 1224, was fulfilled., Eric alerted us to the wealth of the spiritual life, prayer, devotion, philosophy and theology that saturate our Franciscan heritage. He sought answers for contemporary in ecology, liberation theology, ecumenism and the place of women within the Church. On the 20yth anniversary of Eric Doyle's death, Josef Raischl and Andre Cirino present a collection of his extensive writings. This volume of more than 600 pages includes articles on Franciscan Spirituality; St Bonaventure's and John Duns Scouts' theology; Teilhard de Chardin; and various theological and spiritual themes, such as the theology of religious life or the future of the papacy. Thhroughout the text, the editors wove biographical notes, photos and memories of people who knew Eric.Includes audio CD with two of Eric's recorded talks.

My Heart's Quest - Collected Writings of Eric Doyle, Friar Minor, Theologian

André Cirino

Eric Doyle

Josef Raischl SFO

Franciscan Inst Pubs

In seven chapters, Father Dhont analyzes the view of the evolution of the Franciscan movement in the three Orders, and a reflection on the challenges of contemporary Franciscan life.

Clare Among Her Sisters

Rene Charles Dohnt

On the surface, St. Bonaventure's Disputed Questions on Evangelical Perfection seems like another scholastic exercise until one realizes four things. First, of the 81 pages in the critical edition 40 of those pages deal with poverty and 19 pages deal with obedience. Second, of the 19 pages dedicated to obedience almost half of those pages deal with obedience to the Pope. Third, at the end of this treatment of Question II, Article II on begging, Bonaventure devotes 6 pages to refuting those who attack the mendicant way of life. Finally, in Question II, Article II (on begging) and Question V 9on obedience) Bonaventure cites cannon law with great frequency. When these internal pieces of evidence are taken together with events at the University of Paris during the period 250-1256 and with the eschatological mood of the era, we begin to realize that this work of Bonaventure is not just a scholastic exercise that will help form young friars minor in their evangelical style of life. It is also an eschatological document with a sharp polemical bite. If readers today can capture just one spark of Bonaventure's eschatological fervor and vision in this writing, they will have surely warmed their hearts at its center.

Disputed Questions on Evangelical Perfection: Works of St. Bonaventure

Religion & Spirituality

Robert J. Karris

Christian Books & Bibles

The three volumes in the series, Studies in Early Franciscan Sources, provide assistance to those interested in a deeper understanding of the writings of the Early Documents The Writings of Francis and Clare. The authors, scholars interested in and committed to the Franciscan tradition, have brought contemporary research together, applied it to each of the specific texts, and offered their own perspective. First, the essays definethe status questionis by informing the reader about the state of current research on each of the texts considered. Second, the essays are intended to introduce the reader to these texts within the dimensions of their multilayered contextual-historical framework. The hope of those involved in producing these studies is to help others learn how to read, interpret, and apply these newly translated texts to enrich the historical understanding, theological vision, and practical living out of the Gospel message. This volume contains essays by Ingrid Peterson, Lezlie Knox, Michael W. Blastic and Jean-FranÃ§ois Godet-Calogeras.

The Writings of Clare of Assisi: Letters, Form of Life, Testament and Blessing - Studies in Early Franciscan Sources

O.F.M.

PHD.

Jay Hammond

Michael Blastic

Wayne Hellmann

The Writings of Francis of Assisi: Letters and Prayers - Studies in Early Franciscan Sources

The Writings of Francis of Assisi: Rules, Testament and Admonitions - Studies in Early Franciscan Sources

Christians have observed vigils in both East and West from earliest times. In the broad liturgical tradition of Christianity, the idea of keeping vigil appears to manifest the Church's eschatological nature. Documentary evidence from the earliest centuries reveals that some Christians kept a night watch at the graves of martyrs and other heroes of the faith as to anticipate that dawn when the rising Sun of Justice would return in fulfilment of his promise. Eventually, vigils appear not just for Easter, Pentecost and saints' days, but also for Christmas, the dedication of a church building, and on Saturday evening of the uniquely Roman quarterly Ember Weeks. Liturgical sources of the sixth, seventh, and eighth centuries reveal that such practices became relatively standardized with the assignment of specific Mass texts and scriptural readings, yet we know very little about the precise elements which comprised a vigil liturgy and of their theological significance. At the same time these vigils were so important that they attracted to themselves the celebration of major sacramental liturgies during them. Hence, the Paschal Vigil, which existed for centuries as a vigil liturgy of scriptural readings and prayers gradually became the setting for the annual baptismal celebration. The task of this book will study the nature of Roman vigil liturgies in the early centuries of Christianity in order to unravel the most primitive structure of keeping vigil and to provide a better understanding of the Paschal Vigil, which Augustine of Hippo affirms as the 'mother of all vigils.'

'Vigilemus et Oremus': The Theological Significance of 'Keeping Vigil' in Rome from the Fourth to the Eighth Centuries (Studia Traditionis Theologiae)

History

Sabak

Europe

Brepols Publishers

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