St. Bonaventure [born Giovanni di Fidanza] (1217-1274)

Breviloquium

1257

"Therefore, sanctifying graces makes the soul the temple of God, the bride of Christ, and the daughter of the eternal Father."

5.  But he who possesses God must be in turn possessed by Him in a special way; and he who possesses and is possessed by God must love and be loved by Him particularly and uniquely, as one spouse loves and is loved by the other; and he who is loved must be adopted as a child entitled to an eternal inheritance. Therefore, sanctifying graces makes the soul the temple of God, the bride of Christ, and the daughter of the eternal Father. And since this cannot be wrought except through a supremely gracious condescension on the part of God, it could not be brought about through some habit NATURALLY implanted, but only through a free gift DIVINELY infused; as clearly appears if we consider what it means to be God's temple and His child, and to be joined to Him as though in wedlock by the bond of love and grace.
(V.1.5)

Architecture::Temple Population::Family::Bride Population::Family::Daughter

Reading

St. Bonaventure, The Breviloquium (Paterson, NJ) <Link to http://www.catholic.uz/>

01/13/2011