Bonaventure, John Paul II and a humane economy (Pope) (Ph.D. Dissertation)

Chapter one analyzes Francis of Assisi's embrace of the leper, a recognition that symbolizes the isolated humanity of a leper as closely linked to his own humanity. This Franciscan element is a key factor in the dialogue between Bonaventure and John Paul II on usury, property, and labor, and a comparative analysis is conducted on their viewpoints. The Franciscans provided Bonaventure with a viable response to the Fourth Lateran Council's call for suitable men trained as ministers. Bonaventure's notion of hierarchy elements of the divine economy are illustrated to develop a framework for the human economy can be fully pursued through a life of grace. This process is dialogical in such a way that the one, true God is acknowledged, and the human economy, with its characteristic emphasis on earthly goods, is robbed of any degree of ultimacy. The horizontal relations of the economy need the transcendent relation with God so that humanity may grow. _x000D_