sort of question we imagine saints, or those who have visions of this kind, are normally inclined to ask. The answer Brother Romanus gives is short and, perhaps, not surprisingly, negative. ‘Brother Thomas, I see God,’ he declares, ‘and you may not question me further on that subject.’35 Now, that would seem to be that, with no more to be said. The end, it would appear, of a brief excursus into scholasticism. But Thomas returns at once to his point. Vision or no vision, he is a scholar with a question