The wayfarer's end : Bonaventure and Aquinas on divine rewards in scripture and sacred doctrine / Shawn M. Colberg.

Includes bibliographies and index.

"Explores the relationship between the theologies of Thomas Aquinas and St. Bonaventure on the topics of merit and reward. The author uses the motif of a "journey" to situate each of these theologies of rewards within the broader context of the "wayfarer's" life in grace"--

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Significance of Reward -- Reward Texts -- Rewards and Gifts -- Bonaventure of Bagnoregio and Thomas Aquinas -- Sacra Pagina et Sacra Doctrina -- Foundational Themes in Bonaventure and Aquinas -- Method -- 1. Bonaventure and Reward in the Systematic Works -- Predestination, Grace, and Reward in the Breviloquium and CS -- Grace and Reward in the Itinerarium and Lignum vitae -- Conclusion -- 2. Thomas and Reward in the Systematic Works -- Grace, Human Action, and Reward in the Summa theologiae

Gifts and Rewards: Operative and Cooperative Effects of Divine Action -- The Possibility of Rewards -- Rewards in Other Parts of the ST -- Conclusion -- 3. Bonaventure and Aquinas on Reward in the Scripture Commentaries -- Expositing Scripture -- Reward Texts -- Bonaventure: Passages from Luke -- Thomas: Passages from Matthew -- Bonaventure: Passages from John -- Thomas: Passages from John -- Conclusion -- 4. Rewards and Christian Perfection in the Mendicant Controversies -- Spiritual Perfection -- The Merit of the Mendicant Lifestyle -- Reward as Means and Ends -- Reward Texts -- Absent Themes

Conclusion -- 5. Bonaventure and Thomas in Relief -- Human Agency in the Plan of Human Salvation -- Acceptatio versus Ordinatio -- The Timing of Divine Rewards -- The Nature of Divine Rewards -- The Effects of Divine Rewards -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Aquinas and Reward in the Pauline Commentary -- Passages from Romans -- Passages from 1 and 2 Corinthians -- Passages from Galatians -- Passages from Other Pauline Letters -- Thomas, Rewards, and Paul -- Bibliography -- Scripture Index -- General Index

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