Franciscan Mariology : Francis, Clare, and Bonaventure / Peter Damian Fehlner ; edited by J. Isaac Goff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fehlner, Peter D. (Peter Damian), author.

Contributor:

Goff, J. Isaac (Jared Isaac), editor.

Robinson, Charles Anthony Mary, writer of introduction.

Series:

Fehlner, Peter D. (Peter Damian). Collected Essays of Peter Damian Fehlner ; v. 3.

The Collected Essays of Peter Damian Fehlner ; volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fehlner, Peter D. (Peter Damian).

Fehlner, Peter D.

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Theology.

Mary.

Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.

Francis.

Clare, of Assisi, Saint, 1194-1253.

Clare.

Bonaventure, Saint, Cardinal, approximately 1217-1274.

Bonaventure.

Franciscans--Theology.

Franciscans.

Physical Description:

xii, 378 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Eugene, OR : Wipf & Stock, an imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers, [2023]

Summary:

"In this third volume of Collected Essays, Peter Damian Fehlner traces the Franciscan Marian-ecclesiological vision and mission back to its sources in Francis and Clare of Assisi. Fehlner shows how the quintessentially Franciscan theological themes and their elaboration down the centuries find their roots in the Poverello, the "Man totally Catholic and Apostolic," as well as in Clare, the "imprint of the Mother of God." In thoroughly Trinitarian fashion, Fehlner unveils Francis's understanding of Mary--type and exemplar, mother and member of the church--as the firstborn daughter of the Father, Mother of the Son, and Spouse of the Holy Spirit. Mary is, therefore, primordially the Virgin-made-Church. Flowering out into the Franciscan theological tradition, this volume features two studies where Fehlner unpacks this Franciscan, Marian-ecclesiological tradition in systematic and mystical theology. Fehlner takes St. Francis Anthony Fasani, his Conventual predecessor, as his guide in the spiritual exegesis of Scripture and Catholic devotion, unveiling the ecclesiological and Marian implications of the Song of Songs. In systematics, Fehlner analyzes the love song of the Son for his church in his definitive study of Bonaventure's understanding of charity and the divine missions in the church."

Contents:

Introduction

Part One: Francis' and Clare's Marian-Ecclesial Vocation

1. Mary and Franciscanism (1981-2)

2. Our Lady and Saint Francis (1982)

3. Saint Francis and Mary Immaculate (1982)

4. Vir Catholicus et Totus Apostolicus: St. Francis and the Church (1982)

5. Mary in the Franciscan Tradition: "The Virgin Made Church" (1985)

6. Virgo Ecclesia Facta: The Immaculate Conception, St. Francis of Assisi and the Renewal of the Church (2004)

7. S. Clara: Dei Matris Vestigium (Legenda S. Clarae, prol.) (2008)

Part Two: Francis Anthony Fasani, OFM Conv.: Witness to the Immaculate

8. St. Francis Anthony Fasani of Lucero and the Mystery of the Immaculate (1986)

Part Three: Virgo Facta Ecclesia: The Role of Charity in the Ecclesiology of St. Bonaventure (1965)

Preface (1965)

Preface (2015)

Cardinal Giuseppe Pizzardo Letter

Introduction

1. The Social-Visible Communion of the Church

2. The Sacramental Communion

3. The Church, Her Interior Communion

4. The Perfect Community

5. Perfect Love

6. Trinitas oeconomica: The Meaning of Charity in the Church

Conclusion

Notes:

"Peter Damian Fehlner, OFM Conv (1931-2018), was a Franciscan priest and theologian. For nearly forty years he taught theology in Franciscan schools and seminaries in Italy and the United States. He is the author of several books and countless articles in theological and pastoral journals. His final work was published posthumously as The Theologian of Auschwitz: St. Maximilian Kolbe on the Immaculate Conception in the Life of the Church (2019)."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-371) and index

ISBN:

9781532663833

1532663838

9781532663840

1532663846

OCLC:

1396180647