The Life Of Christ
Subtitle: By Saint Bonaventure
Publisher: Rivingtons
Published: 1888
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: Introduction v; title: Preface xxvii; title: I. Respecting the Deep Concern the Angels had for us 1; title: II. Of the Contention between Mercy and Justice, Truth and Peace 2; title: III. Of the Life of the Virgin Mary, and her Seven Petitions 5; title: IV. Concerning the Incarnation of Christ 9; title: V. How the Blessed Virgin visited Elizabeth; and how the "Magnificat" and "Benedictus" were composed 15; title: VI. How Joseph willed to put away Mary ; and how God permits His Faithful Servants to be Afflicted 18; title: VII. On the Birth of Jesus Christ, etc 21; title: VIII. Of the Circumcision, and Weeping of our Lord 28; title: IX. Concerning the Epiphany, or Manifestation of our Lord 31; title: X. Of the Delay of the Blessed Virgin at the Manger 36; title: XI. Concerning the Purification of the Blessed Virgin 38; title: XII. Of our Lord's Flight into Egypt 41; title: XIII. Of the Return of our Lord from Egypt 49; title: XIV. How the Child Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem 54; title: XV. What our Lord did from the Twelfth to the Thirtieth Year of His Age 59; title: XVI. Concerning the Baptism of our Lord J esus Christ 67; title: XVII. Of the Fast and Temptations of Christ. Also of His Return to His Mother. Of Four Means of obtaining Purity of Heart. Of Prayer and its Many Fruits. Of resisting Gluttony. Why and for whom God worked Miracles 80; title: XVIII. Of the Opening of the Book in the Synagogue 88; title: XIX. On the Call of the Disciples 91; title: XX. Of the Change of Water into Wine at the Marriage Feast 92; title: XXI. Of our Lord's Sermon on the Mount, which He began by speaking of Poverty 97; title: XXII. Of the Centurion's Servant, and the Nobleman's Son, cured by Christ 100; title: XXIII. Of the Palsied Man, who is let down through the Roof and healed by the Lord 101; title: XXIV. Of the Restoration of Simon's Mother-in-law 103; title: XXV. Of the Sleep of our Lord in the Boat 104; title: XXVI. Of the Raising of the Widow's Son by our Lord 105; title: XXVII. Of the Resurrection of a Young Girl, and how the Woman with an Issue was healed 105; title: XXVIII. On the Conversion of Mary Magdalen, and other things 107; title: XXIX. How John sent his Disciples to Jesus 111; title: XXX. Of the Death of John the Baptist 113; title: XXXI. Of the Conversation with the Samaritan Woman 116; title: XXXII. How they wished to cast our Lord down headlong from the Brow of the Hill 118; title: XXXIII. Of the Man who had a Withered Hand, and was healed by the Lord 119; title: XXXIV. Of the Multiplication of the Loaves, and how God provides for those who love Him 120; title: XXXV. Of our Lord's Flight, when they would make Him a King ; and against the Love of Honours of the World 122; title: XXXVI. How our Lord prayed upon the Mountain, and, having come down from it, walked on the Waters ; and many Observations about Prayer 131; title: XXXVII. Concerning the Healing of the Daughter of the Canaanite, and how the Angels faithfully minister to us 144; title: XXXVIII. How some were offended at the Words of our Lord 148; title: XXXIX. Concerning the Reward of those who forsake All 149; title: XL. How the Lord sought from His Disciples what Men said concerning Him 151; title: XLI. Of the Transfiguration of our Lord on the Mount 152; title: XLII. How the Buyers and Sellers were cast out of the Temple 153; title: XLIII. Of the Pool of Bethesda, and what happened there. Also, against Rash Judgment 154; title: XLIV. How the Disciples of Christ plucked the Ears of Corn. Also of Poverty 158; title: XLV. Of the Ministrations of Martha and of Mary. Also of the Order of Contemplation, and its Two Parts 168; title: XLVI. The Active precedes the Contemplative Life 170; title: XLVII. Of Prayer. Also, of Seven Qualifications of a Good Teacher 172; title: XLVIII. Of the Exercises of the Active Life 177; title: XLIX. Concerning the Exercise of the Contemplative Life 180; title: L. Of Three Kinds of Contemplation 183; title: LI. Of Contemplation on the Humanity of Christ 186; title: LII. Of Contemplation on the Heavenly Court 189; title: LIII. On the Contemplation of the Majesty of God. Also that there are Four Kinds of Contemplation 191; title: LIV. Of the Manner of living the Active Life. The Excellent Teaching of S. Bernard thereon 196; title: LV. Of the Manner of living the Contemplative Life 200; title: LVI. Of Four Obstacles to Contemplation 203; title: LVII. The Contemplative is preferred to the Active Life 208; title: LVIII. Of Three Causes, on account of which one ought to return from the Contemplative into the Active Life. Also how Faith without Works is Dead 212; title: LIX. How the Lord said to the Jews that the Church should pass to the Gentiles, and depicted this by the Parable of the Husbandmen in the Vineyard who killed the Son of their Lord 216; title: LX. How they sought to entrap Jesus in His Words 217; title: LXI. Of the Blind Man at Jericho, and many other Things 218; title: LXII. How the Lord entered the House of Zacchaeus 222; title: LXIII. Of the Healing of the Man who was Blind from his Birth 223; title: LXIV. How our Lord fled from the Temple, and hid Himself, when the Jews sought to stone Him 224; title: LXV. How, at another Time, they wanted to stone Jesus 225; title: LXVI. Concerning the Resurrection of Lazarus 226; title: LXVII. Of the Cursing of the Fig Tree 229; title: LXVIII. Of the Woman taken in Adultery 230 LXIX. Of the Conspiracy of the Jews against Jesus, and of His Flight into the City of Ephraim 231; title: LXX. How the Lord Jesus returned to Bethany, where Mary Magdalen anointed His Feet 232; title: LXXI. Of our Lord's Entry into Jerusalem upon an Ass; and how on some occasions Jesus is said to have wept 234; title: LXXII. How we may depict the Lord Jesus, revealing to His Mother His approaching Death 237; title: LXXIII. On the Lord's Supper. Of the Table and the Way of sitting at Meat The Example of Five Virtues of Christ in the Supper. Also Five Points of our Lord's Discourse 239; title: LXXIV. Meditation on the Passion of our Lord in General 248; title: LXXV. Meditation on our Lord's Passion before Matins 251; title: LXXVI. Meditation on the Passion of Christ for the First Hour 259; title: LXXVII. Meditation on the Passion of Christ at the Third Hour 263; title: LXXVIII. Meditation on the Passion of Christ at the Sixth Hour 266; title: LXXIX. Meditation on the Passion of our Lord at the Ninth Hour 269; title: LXXX. Of the Opening of the Side of Christ 272; title: LXXXI. Meditation for the Evening Hour 274; title: LXXXII. Meditation for the Last Hour 277; title: LXXXIII. Meditation at Night 280; title: LXXXIV. Meditation on the Blessed Virgin and her Companions 283; title: LXXXV. Meditation on the Lord Jesus, on Holy Saturday, descending into Hell 286; title: LXXXVI. Of the Lord's Resurrection. How He first appeared on Sunday, it may be, to His Mother 296; title: LXXXVII. How Magdalen and the other Two Maries came to the Sepulchre, and of the Running of Peter and John 298; title: LXXXVIII. How the Lord appeared to the Three Maries 299; title: LXXXIX. Our Lord is said to have appeared to Joseph, as well as to James the Less, and Peter 303; title: XC. Of the Return of our Lord to the Fathers after the Resurrection 304; title: XCI. How the Lord appeared to Two Disciples on the Road to Emmaus 306; title: XCII. How the Lord appeared to the Disciples, whilst shut up on the Day of the Resurrection 308; title: XCIII. How the Lord appeared to His Disciples on the Octave of Easter, and Thomas was then with them 310; title: XCIV. How the Lord appeared to His Disciples in Galilee 312; title: XCV. How the Lord appeared to His Disciples at the Sea of Tiberias 313; title: XCVI. How the Lord appeared to more than Five Hundred Brethren at once, and on the Appearances Generally 315; title: XCVII. The Ascension of our Lord 316; title: XCVIII. Of the Mission of the Holy Ghost 328; title: XCIX. The Exciting of Desire for the Heavenly Country through a Longing for Death 329; title: C. On the Way of Meditating on the Life of Christ, and on the Conclusion of this Work 332