“If we consider the fruit [of art], we shall find therein the union of the soul with God, for every artificer who fashions a work does so that he may derive praise, benefit, or delight therefrom—a threefold purpose which corresponds to the three formal objects of the appetites: namely, a noble good, a useful good, and an agreeable good. It was for this threefold reason that God made the soul rational, namely, that of its own accord, it might praise Him, serve Him, find delight in Him, and be at rest; and this takes place through charity. "He who abides in it, abides in God, and God in him," in such a way that there is found therein a kind of wondrous union and from that union comes a wondrous delight, for in the Book of Proverbs it is written, "My delights were to be with the children of men." Behold how the illumination of mechanical art is the path to the illumination of Sacred Scripture. There is nothing therein which does not bespeak true wisdom and for this reason Sacred Scripture quite rightly makes frequent use of such similitudes.” — Saint Bonaventure, Retracing the Arts to Theology
Posted on: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 20:00:01 +0000
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