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Knowledge for Love: Franciscan Science as the Pursuit of Wisdom
Knowledge for Love Franciscan Science as the Pursuit of Wisdom Author:Keith Douglass Warner, OFM This essay extends the retrieval of the Franciscan intellectual tradition — into the sciences by presenting the vocation and work of three Franciscan — scientists. Friar Bartholomew the Englishman taught his fellow Franciscans — with the best available scientific knowledge to prepare them for preaching — in foreign lands. Friar Roger Bacon conducted... more » research into the natural
world to advance scientific knowledge in service of the Church. Friar
Bernardino de SahagĂșn investigated the life, worldview and culture of the
Aztec peoples in New Spain (now Mexico) to interpret these for his fellow
Franciscans. In the Franciscan tradition, learning about nature helps one
grow in wisdom, and thus Franciscan science is knowledge for love. This
essay argues that the retrieval of our Franciscan intellectual tradition could
and should include the sciences.
This is the eighth in a series intended to encompass topics which will
connect the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition with today s language of our
Christian Catholic Franciscan way of Gospel Life. Previous volumes have presented an overview of the tradition,
discussed dimensions of creation and Christian anthropology in Franciscan theology, and illustrated them
through an iconographic tradition found in the Gospel of John.« less