The Role Of Charity In The Ecclesiology Of St. Bonaventure -pontificia Facultas Theologica S. Bonaventurae. Dissertationes Ad Lauream- May 2026

1.1. The Holy Spirit as Donum and Vinculum Amoris in the Trinity 1.2. Charity as created participation in uncreated Love 1.3. The order of the theological virtues: primacy of charity

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 The order of the theological virtues: primacy of charity 5

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 The religious state: perfection of charity as ecclesial

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 not merely authority 3.3.