3.1. Bonaventure’s definition of the Church: faith and charity as constitutive 3.2. The hierarchical structure ordered to love, not merely authority 3.3. Unity of the Church: charity as the bond ( vinculum ) of members among themselves and with Christ
5.1. The triple office (priest, prophet, king) in light of love 5.2. The bishop as servant of unity and charity 5.3. The religious state: perfection of charity as ecclesial witness Part Three Charity as the Dynamic End of the Church: Pilgrim and Glorified Unity of the Church: charity as the bond
1.1. The Holy Spirit as Donum and Vinculum Amoris in the Trinity 1.2. Charity as created participation in uncreated Love 1.3. The order of the theological virtues: primacy of charity The religious state: perfection of charity as ecclesial
4.1. The Eucharist as sacrament and sacrifice of charity 4.2. Penance: restoration of charity through reconciliation 4.3. The other sacraments as instrumental causes of grace ordered to love mother of the Church
6.1. Faith formed by charity ( fides caritate formata ) and ecclesial belonging 6.2. The gift of fear and holy desire in the Church militant 6.3. Charity as merit for eternal life
2.1. The Incarnation as the supreme expression of divine love 2.2. Christus Caput Ecclesiae: the Head as source of charity for the Body 2.3. Charity in the mystery of the Cross: redemption as reformation in love Part Two The Ecclesial Body as Shaped by Charity
7.1. The heavenly Jerusalem: full communion in the Holy Spirit 7.2. Degrees of glory according to degrees of charity 7.3. Mary, mother of the Church, as perfect exemplar of charity