The Bonaventure Opera Omnia

A New English Translation

An English translation of the Opera Omnia  of St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio (1221–1274), the Seraphic Doctor, from the Quaracchi critical edition (1882–1902). The project will eventually present all ten volumes. Volumes I through IV — the whole Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard — are complete. Volume V, the Opuscula, is under way: the Breviloquium is being published part by part, and the Itinerarium mentis in Deum, the Collationes in Hexaemeron, and the sermons will follow.

Published Volumes

Book I: On the Mystery of the Trinity

48 distinctions · 411 of 411 questions translated

Book II: On the Creation of Things

44 distinctions · 464 of 464 questions translated

Book III: On the Incarnation of the Word

40 distinctions · 412 of 412 questions translated

Book IV: On the Sacraments

50 distinctions · 646 of 646 questions translated

Book V: Opuscula Theologica

1 work · 79 of 79 questions translated

The Full Opera Omnia — Project Scope

The Quaracchi Opera Omnia  runs to ten volumes (1882–1902). Four are now complete — the commentaries on all four books of the Sentences— and the fifth, the Opuscula, is in preparation, published part by part as each is finished. The remaining five, comprising Bonaventure’s Scripture commentaries, further opuscula, sermons, and the indices, are still to come.

I
Commentarius in I librum Sententiarum · 1882Commentary on Book I of the Sentences — the Trinity
Published
II
Commentarius in II librum Sententiarum · 1885Commentary on Book II — creation, the angels, and sin
Published
III
Commentarius in III librum Sententiarum · 1887Commentary on Book III — the Incarnation and the virtues
Published
IV
Commentarius in IV librum Sententiarum · 1889Commentary on Book IV — the sacraments and the last things
Published
V
Opuscula varia theologica · 1891Breviloquium, Itinerarium mentis in Deum, Collationes in Hexaemeron
In preparation
VI
Commentarii in Sacram Scripturam · 1893Commentaries on Ecclesiastes, Wisdom, and John
Planned
VII
Commentarius in Evangelium S. Lucae · 1895The full commentary on the Gospel of Luke
Planned
VIII
Opuscula ad theologiam mysticam et res Ordinis · 1898Mystical and ascetic opuscula; Franciscan-order writings
Planned
IX
Sermones · 1901Sermons — de tempore, de sanctis, Marian, and diverse
Planned
X
Operum omnium complementum · 1902Supplements, general indices, and editorial apparatus
Planned
About this Project

Bonaventure of Bagnoregio (1221–1274), the Seraphic Doctor, composed his Commentary on the Sentences  while teaching at the University of Paris. It remains one of the most important works of medieval theology, yet no complete English translation has ever been published. This project seeks to remedy that gap.

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