if he comes upon the word oblatio, he analyzes the four conditions required for an offering [cf. Matt. 5:23]; the word timor, he recalls to mind the different species of fear [cf. John 15:15]; the particle per, he observes that this preposition denotes indirect causality [cf. John 1:3]; and so on.87 Aquinas presents much of his analysis in terms of the four causes88 (efficient, material, formal, and final) as did Albert and Bonaventure. This has the effect of clarifying issues and opening up new