The Mystical Vine
A treatise on the Passion of Our Lord

Saint Bonaventure

Translated from the Latin by a Friar of S.S.F.
Edited by Matthew Dallman


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First British edition, 1955 by A.R. Mowbray and Co. Limited, part of the Fleur de Lys series.

Cover image “Crucifixion of Jesus” by Dionisius is licensed under CC BY 2.0 / Cropped from original.




CONTENTS

Publisher’s Foreword
Translator’s Introduction
Prologue
1. The Characteristics of the Vine
2. The Pruning of the Vine
3. The Tilling of the Vine
4. The Training of the Vine
5. The Vine Himself—His Body
6. The Leaves of the Vine—A General View
7. The Leaves of the Vine—in Detail. The First Leaf
8. The Second Leaf of the Vine
9. The Third Leaf of the Vine
10. The Fourth Leaf of the Vine
11. The Fifth Leaf of the Vine
12. The Sixth Leaf of the Vine
13. The Seventh Leaf of the Vine
14. The Blossom of the Vine
15. The Rose of the Vine
16. The Rose of Charity
17. The Rose of the Passion
18. The First Bloodshedding of Christ
19. The Second Bloodshedding of Christ
20. The Third Bloodshedding
21. The Fourth Bloodshedding
22. The Fifth Bloodshedding
23. The Sixth and Seventh Bloodsheddings
24. An Exhortation to the Contemplation of the Passion and Charity of Christ

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