Olivi and Bonaventure. Paradoxes of Faithfulness

Sylvain Piron (1, 2)

1 CRH (UMR 8558 CNRS / EHESS) - Centre de Recherches Historiques (CRH) _ Unité Mixte de Recherches (UMR 8558 CNRS / EHESS)
2 GAS-CRH - Groupe d'anthropologie scolastique/Equipe CRH

Peter John Olivi’s relationship to Bonaventure is an intriguing one. Despite many marks of admiration, Olivi clearly stands in retrospect as the Franciscan theologian who embarked in the most devastative critique of the main tenets of Bonaventure’s metaphysics. The proclamations of faithfulness to Bonaventure can only make sense if perceived as the sign of a personal relationship, and admiration for a charismatic and prophetical figure, showing the Franciscan Order and indeed the whole Church the path towards the future.

Domaines: Histoire

Sylvain Piron. Olivi and Bonaventure. Paradoxes of Faithfulness. Franciscan Studies, 2016, 74, pp.1-14. ⟨hal-01672144⟩