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

Colberg, Shawn M.

The wayfarer's end : Bonaventure and Aquinas on divine rewards in scripture and sacred doctrine / Shawn M. Colberg. - Washington, DC : The Catholic University of America Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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

"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"--



9780813232928


Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.


Reward (Theology)--Comparative studies.
Reward (Theology)--Biblical teaching.


Electronic Books.

BT940 / .W394 2020