Theology of History according to St. Bonaventure / Joseph Ratzinger

This is the English publication of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger s second doctoral dissertation. Its topic is The Theology of History in St. Bonaventure, but Ratzinger focuses on two sub-topics: Bonaventure s embrace of the medieval belief that St. Francis ushered in the eschaton, and Bonaventure s so-called Augustinian tradition. Both are carefully discussed in light of Bonaventure s theology of history, which is centered primarily around Christ being the pivot of history rather than its end.