Works of Bonaventure
Bonaventure's testimony about Francis's unlettered yet profound knowledge of Scripture, demonstrating that purity of mind can surpass formal learning.
Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture
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Chapter V: On the Dispositions Required for This Study
— Bonaventure cited: Francis answered Cardinals on the most profound Scriptural difficulties
"St. Bonaventure relates that St. Francis, unlettered though he was, yet of a most pure mind, when asked from time to time by Cardinals and others about the most profound difficulties of sacred Scripture and Theology, responded so aptly and sublimely"