An edition of Vita Christi
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The Life Of Christ
By Saint Bonaventure
by Saint Bonaventure, Cardinal
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Table of Contents
CONTENTS.
Introduction v
Preface xxvii
I. Respecting the Deep Concern the Angels had for us 1
II. Of the Contention between Mercy and Justice, Truth and Peace 2
III. Of the Life of the Virgin Mary, and her Seven Petitions 5
IV. Concerning the Incarnation of Christ 9
V. How the Blessed Virgin visited Elizabeth; and how the "Magnificat" and "Benedictus" were composed 15
VI. How Joseph willed to put away Mary ; and how God permits His Faithful Servants to be Afflicted 18
VII. On the Birth of Jesus Christ, etc 21
VIII. Of the Circumcision, and Weeping of our Lord 28
IX. Concerning the Epiphany, or Manifestation of our Lord 31
X. Of the Delay of the Blessed Virgin at the Manger 36
XI. Concerning the Purification of the Blessed Virgin 38
XII. Of our Lord's Flight into Egypt 41
XIII. Of the Return of our Lord from Egypt 49
XIV. How the Child Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem 54
XV. What our Lord did from the Twelfth to the Thirtieth Year of His Age 59
XVI. Concerning the Baptism of our Lord J esus Christ 67
XVII. Of the Fast and Temptations of Christ. Also of His Return to His Mother. Of Four Means of obtaining Purity of Heart. Of Prayer and its Many Fruits. Of resisting Gluttony. Why and for whom God worked Miracles 80
XVIII. Of the Opening of the Book in the Synagogue 88
XIX. On the Call of the Disciples 91
XX. Of the Change of Water into Wine at the Marriage Feast 92
XXI. Of our Lord's Sermon on the Mount, which He began by speaking of Poverty 97
XXII. Of the Centurion's Servant, and the Nobleman's Son, cured by Christ 100
XXIII. Of the Palsied Man, who is let down through the Roof and healed by the Lord 101
XXIV. Of the Restoration of Simon's Mother-in-law 103
XXV. Of the Sleep of our Lord in the Boat 104
XXVI. Of the Raising of the Widow's Son by our Lord 105
XXVII. Of the Resurrection of a Young Girl, and how the Woman with an Issue was healed 105
XXVIII. On the Conversion of Mary Magdalen, and other things 107
XXIX. How John sent his Disciples to Jesus 111
XXX. Of the Death of John the Baptist 113
XXXI. Of the Conversation with the Samaritan Woman 116
XXXII. How they wished to cast our Lord down headlong from the Brow of the Hill 118
XXXIII. Of the Man who had a Withered Hand, and was healed by the Lord 119
XXXIV. Of the Multiplication of the Loaves, and how God provides for those who love Him 120
XXXV. Of our Lord's Flight, when they would make Him a King ; and against the Love of Honours of the World 122
XXXVI. How our Lord prayed upon the Mountain, and, having come down from it, walked on the Waters ; and many Observations about Prayer 131
XXXVII. Concerning the Healing of the Daughter of the Canaanite, and how the Angels faithfully minister to us 144
XXXVIII. How some were offended at the Words of our Lord 148
XXXIX. Concerning the Reward of those who forsake All 149
XL. How the Lord sought from His Disciples what Men said concerning Him 151
XLI. Of the Transfiguration of our Lord on the Mount 152
XLII. How the Buyers and Sellers were cast out of the Temple 153
XLIII. Of the Pool of Bethesda, and what happened there. Also, against Rash Judgment 154
XLIV. How the Disciples of Christ plucked the Ears of Corn. Also of Poverty 158
XLV. Of the Ministrations of Martha and of Mary. Also of the Order of Contemplation, and its Two Parts 168
XLVI. The Active precedes the Contemplative Life 170
XLVII. Of Prayer. Also, of Seven Qualifications of a Good Teacher 172
XLVIII. Of the Exercises of the Active Life 177
XLIX. Concerning the Exercise of the Contemplative Life 180
L. Of Three Kinds of Contemplation 183
LI. Of Contemplation on the Humanity of Christ 186
LII. Of Contemplation on the Heavenly Court 189
LIII. On the Contemplation of the Majesty of God. Also that there are Four Kinds of Contemplation 191
LIV. Of the Manner of living the Active Life. The Excellent Teaching of S. Bernard thereon 196
LV. Of the Manner of living the Contemplative Life 200
LVI. Of Four Obstacles to Contemplation 203
LVII. The Contemplative is preferred to the Active Life 208
LVIII. Of Three Causes, on account of which one ought to return from the Contemplative into the Active Life. Also how Faith without Works is Dead 212
LIX. How the Lord said to the Jews that the Church should pass to the Gentiles, and depicted this by the Parable of the Husbandmen in the Vineyard who killed the Son of their Lord 216
LX. How they sought to entrap Jesus in His Words 217
LXI. Of the Blind Man at Jericho, and many other Things 218
LXII. How the Lord entered the House of Zacchaeus 222
LXIII. Of the Healing of the Man who was Blind from his Birth 223
LXIV. How our Lord fled from the Temple, and hid Himself, when the Jews sought to stone Him 224
LXV. How, at another Time, they wanted to stone Jesus 225
LXVI. Concerning the Resurrection of Lazarus 226
LXVII. Of the Cursing of the Fig Tree 229
LXVIII. Of the Woman taken in Adultery 230 LXIX. Of the Conspiracy of the Jews against Jesus, and of His Flight into the City of Ephraim 231
LXX. How the Lord Jesus returned to Bethany, where Mary Magdalen anointed His Feet 232
LXXI. Of our Lord's Entry into Jerusalem upon an Ass; and how on some occasions Jesus is said to have wept 234
LXXII. How we may depict the Lord Jesus, revealing to His Mother His approaching Death 237
LXXIII. On the Lord's Supper. Of the Table and the Way of sitting at Meat The Example of Five Virtues of Christ in the Supper. Also Five Points of our Lord's Discourse 239
LXXIV. Meditation on the Passion of our Lord in General 248
LXXV. Meditation on our Lord's Passion before Matins 251
LXXVI. Meditation on the Passion of Christ for the First Hour 259
LXXVII. Meditation on the Passion of Christ at the Third Hour 263
LXXVIII. Meditation on the Passion of Christ at the Sixth Hour 266
LXXIX. Meditation on the Passion of our Lord at the Ninth Hour 269
LXXX. Of the Opening of the Side of Christ 272
LXXXI. Meditation for the Evening Hour 274
LXXXII. Meditation for the Last Hour 277
LXXXIII. Meditation at Night 280
LXXXIV. Meditation on the Blessed Virgin and her Companions 283
LXXXV. Meditation on the Lord Jesus, on Holy Saturday, descending into Hell 286
LXXXVI. Of the Lord's Resurrection. How He first appeared on Sunday, it may be, to His Mother 296
LXXXVII. How Magdalen and the other Two Maries came to the Sepulchre, and of the Running of Peter and John 298
LXXXVIII. How the Lord appeared to the Three Maries 299
LXXXIX. Our Lord is said to have appeared to Joseph, as well as to James the Less, and Peter 303
XC. Of the Return of our Lord to the Fathers after the Resurrection 304
XCI. How the Lord appeared to Two Disciples on the Road to Emmaus 306
XCII. How the Lord appeared to the Disciples, whilst shut up on the Day of the Resurrection 308
XCIII. How the Lord appeared to His Disciples on the Octave of Easter, and Thomas was then with them 310
XCIV. How the Lord appeared to His Disciples in Galilee 312
XCV. How the Lord appeared to His Disciples at the Sea of Tiberias 313
XCVI. How the Lord appeared to more than Five Hundred Brethren at once, and on the Appearances Generally 315
XCVII. The Ascension of our Lord 316
XCVIII. Of the Mission of the Holy Ghost 328
XCIX. The Exciting of Desire for the Heavenly Country through a Longing for Death 329
C. On the Way of Meditating on the Life of Christ, and on the Conclusion of this Work 332
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