Joseph Ratzinger and St Bonaventure - Prof Marianne Schlosser - Thomistic Institute

"A friend particularly near to me": St Bonaventure's influence on the theology of Joseph Ratzinger. Professor Marianne Schlosser works as a professor of spiritual theology at the University of Vienna. She was a member of the International Theological Commission from 2014-2019, and in 2018 received the Ratzinger prize in recognition of her work. Her main fields of research are theology, patrology, and the spirituality of the High Middle Ages, with particular emphasis on mendicant orders, the Eucharist, and the discovery of classical texts with a Christian ethos. This lecture was given to the Oxford Chapter of the Thomistic Institute, on Monday 13th May 2024.