Role Of Charity In The Ecclesiology Of St. Bonaventure -pontificia Facultas Theologica S. Bonaventurae. Dissertationes Ad Lauream-: The

7.1. The heavenly Jerusalem: full communion in the Holy Spirit 7.2. Degrees of glory according to degrees of charity 7.3. Mary, mother of the Church, as perfect exemplar of charity

6.1. Faith formed by charity ( fides caritate formata ) and ecclesial belonging 6.2. The gift of fear and holy desire in the Church militant 6.3. Charity as merit for eternal life Mary, mother of the Church, as perfect exemplar

3.1. Bonaventure’s definition of the Church: faith and charity as constitutive 3.2. The hierarchical structure ordered to love, not merely authority 3.3. Unity of the Church: charity as the bond ( vinculum ) of members among themselves and with Christ Charity as merit for eternal life 3

2.1. The Incarnation as the supreme expression of divine love 2.2. Christus Caput Ecclesiae: the Head as source of charity for the Body 2.3. Charity in the mystery of the Cross: redemption as reformation in love Part Two The Ecclesial Body as Shaped by Charity not merely authority 3.3.

5.1. The triple office (priest, prophet, king) in light of love 5.2. The bishop as servant of unity and charity 5.3. The religious state: perfection of charity as ecclesial witness Part Three Charity as the Dynamic End of the Church: Pilgrim and Glorified

4.1. The Eucharist as sacrament and sacrifice of charity 4.2. Penance: restoration of charity through reconciliation 4.3. The other sacraments as instrumental causes of grace ordered to love