<i>Ordo et Sanctitas</i>: the Franciscan Spiritual Journey in Theology and Hagiography: Essays in Honor of J. A. Wayne Hellmann, O. F. M. Conv

Ordo et Sanctitas: The Franciscan Spiritual Journey in Theology and Hagiography. A Festschrift in Honor of J.A. Wayne Hellmann offers articles on Franciscan hagiographical texts; medieval theology and the Bonaventurian theological tradition; and the retrieval of the Franciscan tradition in a contemporary context. Ordo et Sanctitas: The Franciscan Spiritual Journey in Theology and Hagiography: Essays in Honor of J.A. Wayne Hellmann, O.F.M. Conv. 6 Copyright 7 Contents 8 Foreword 12 Abbreviations 15 List of Contributors 18 The Life and Legacy of J.A. Wayne Hellmann, O.F.M. Conv. 22 Publications of J.A. Wayne Hellmann, O.F.M. Conv. 27 Introduction to the Volume 30 Part 1: Francis of Assisi and the Early Sources 38 1 Reflections on Memory in Thomas of Celano’s Vita Prima 40 2 The New Francis in the Rediscovered Life (Vita brevior) of Thomas of Celano 61 3 From Vita to Disciplina: Julian of Speyer’s Vita sancti Francisci 76 4 Mercy Evanescent: Thomas of Celano’s Rewrite of the Encounter of Francis with the Leper (2 Celano 9) 95 Part 2: Theology and Bonaventure 120 5 Human Love an Echo of the Divine: Adam of St. Victor on Christian Love 122 6 The Economy of Salvation According to Francis of Assisi 140 7 In Principio: September, 1974 166 8 Divine Infinity in Bonaventure’s Disputed Questions on the Mystery of the Trinity 194 9 Reform, Hagiography, and Sanctity: Bonaventure’s Sermons on the Saints 215 10 Bonaventure on Grace, Hierarchy, and the Symbol of Jacob’s Ladder 236 11 Jesus Christ as the Exemplar of Magnanimity: Magnanimity in Bonaventure’s Collationes in Hexaëmeron 258 Part 3: On the Book of Conformities of Bartholomew of Pisa 278 12 Early Franciscan Sources and Joachite Prophetic Sources in the Book of Conformities 280 13 The Theme of Resurrection in On the Conformities of the Life of Blessed Francis with the Life of the Lord Jesus 301 Part 4: Franciscan Poverty and Contemporary Culture 320 14 When Forever Doesn’t Mean Forever: Contemporary Insights into the Modern Understanding of Papal Teaching Gained from the Popes of the Franciscan Poverty Controversy 322 15 Franciscan Poverty: An Interpretive Turn for the Twenty-first Century 348 Index 368 This volume, Ordo et Sanctitas: The Franciscan Spiritual Journey in Theology and Hagiography, which celebrates the life and legacy of J. A. Wayne Hellmann, is comprised of articles written by colleagues, former students, and associates. The authors were invited to contribute their own articles within three broad categories corresponding with the areas in which Wayne has made a longstanding scholarly contribution: Franciscan hagiographical texts (especially Thomas of Celano); medieval theology and the Bonaventurian theological tradition; and the retrieval of the Franciscan tradition in a contemporary context. All of the essays in the volume build upon and expand in new directions the contributions of our honoree in these areas. Contributors are Regis J. Armstrong, Joshua C. Benson, Michael Blastic, Joseph Chinnici, Michael F. Cusato, Jacques Dalarun, J. Isaac Goff, Jay M. Hammond, Timothy J. Johnson, John Kruse, Steven J. McMichael, Juliet Mousseau, William Short, Laura Smit, and Katherine Wrisley Shelby. This volume, 'Ordo et Sanctitas: The Franciscan Spiritual Journey in Theology and Hagiography', which celebrates the life and legacy of J.A. Wayne Hellmann, is comprised of articles written by colleagues, former students, and associates. The authors were invited to contribute their own articles within three broad categories corresponding with the areas in which Wayne has made a longstanding scholarly contribution: Franciscan hagiographical texts (especially Thomas of Celano); medieval theology and the Bonaventurian theological tradition; and the retrieval of the Franciscan tradition in a contemporary context. 0All of the essays in the volume build upon and expand in new directions the contributions of our honoree in these areas.