Prologue, ¶ 4 (Itinerarium Mentis in Deum)
In his Prologue to The Journey of the Mind into God, St. Bonaventure explains how to read theologically: Therefore, from the outset, I invite the reader to the pining of prayer through Christ crucified, through whose blood we are cleansed of the filth of vice; otherwise we might believe that reading would suffice without anointing, vigilance […]