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From all this it follows that the invisible things of God are clearly

seen, from the creation of the world, being understood by the things that

are made; so that those who are unwilling to give heed to them and to know

God in them all, to bless Him and to love Him, are inexcusable [Rom., 1,

20], while they are unwilling to be carried forth from the shadows into the

wonderful light of God [I Cor., 15, 57]. But thanks be to God through Jesus

Christ our Lord, Who has transported us out of darkness into His wonderful

light, when through these lights given from without we are disposed to re-

enter into the mirror of our mind, in which the divine lights shine [I

Peter, 2, 9].

1 This may be a mistranslation. For St. Bonaventura may be talking about

our perception of the heavenly bodies. Since, however, he is listing the

three kinds of visible objects, one of which is clearly luminous, and since

the heavenly bodies are luminous, he must he speaking of some kind of

visible object which is not luminous. "Sublime" in classical Latin was used

for the air, and this usage survives in the English verb, "sublimate," "to

vaporize."