...a truth that is above or beyond reason is not a truth that is actually seen or apparent, but one that is hidden and extremely difficult to belive. Therefore, for our faith in such a truth to be firm, our soul must be lifted up by the light of truth and fortified by the testimony of authority. The first is realized through infused faith, the second by the weight of Scripture; both of these derive from the supreme truth: through Jesus Christ, who is Splendor and Word, and through the Holy Spirit, who manifests and teaches the truth, and also leads us to believe it. Authority, then, gives support to faith, and faith gives assent to authority.
[St. Bonaventure, Breviloquium (5.7.5), Monti, tr., Franciscan Institute Publications (St. Bonaventure, NY: 2005), p. 198.]
