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Named “The Prince of Mystics” by Leo XIII, Bonaventure (1217–1274), friar and professor at the University of Paris, was considered a great spiritual master in his own lifetime. These great works show the core of his vision.

3. This threefold division, then, corresponds to the three days’ journey into the wilderness (Exod. 3:18), and to the threefold intensity of light during a single day: The first is like evening, the second like morning, the third like noon. This division reflects the threefold existence of things: in matter, in the mind and in the Eternal Art,6 according to which it was said: Let it be made; he made it; and it was made (Gen. 1:3ff.). It reflects also the threefold substance in Christ, who is our
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