Ok, i think my first post was in the wrong forum. Mea culpa
So i've been trying to figure out the theological mind of the current Vicar of Christ, to which i've been directed to look at his theological focus on Augustine and St. Bonaventure's Theology of History.
I've also read a few comments about the old Bonaventure vs. Aquinas intellectual grudge match of the 13th century. To which i now have a whole host of questions (all focused on the main goal of course).
1.) What is Pope Bendict "rejecting" when he embraces St. Bonaventure? Thomas Aquinas? Scholasticism? Neo-Scholasticism? And what are the implications of that?
2.) St. Bonaventure's thought can be traced back to an Augustinian pedigree, but it can also be traced back to Joachim of Fiore. Now both Joachim and St. Bonaventure's responses to Aristotlean philosphy (and i guess by extension its grandchild, modern science) has been characterized as anti-intellectual.
In what ways is that statement right or wrong?
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