I. “The Consideration of God through His Footprints in the Universe” by Bonaventure

For the complete text of Chapter I of Bonaventure’s Itinerarium click here.

What do you think Bonaventure is getting at when he asks us to “set . . . the whole visible world before us as a mirror through which we may pass over to God, the Supreme Creative Artist” (§9)?

What is Bonaventure getting at when he elaborates the “sevenfold general properties of creatures” (§14)?  How do these seven properties (origin, greatness, multitude, beauty, plenitude, activity, and order) witness to the power, wisdom, and goodness of God?