Treatise On the Love of God
eBook - ePub

Treatise On the Love of God

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  1. 608 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Treatise On the Love of God

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About this book

Masterful combination of theological principles and practical application regarding divine love--the subject of Our Lord's first and greatest commandment. Based on Scripture, the Fathers, St. Thomas. An acknowledged classic which goes to the heart of our religion.

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Information

Publisher
TAN Books
Year
1988
eBook ISBN
9781505104370
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Christian Denominations
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION
THE AUTHOR'S DEDICATORY PRAYER
THE PREFACE
BOOK I.
CONTAINING A PREPARATION FOR THE WHOLE TREATISE.
I.
That for the beauty of human nature God has given the government of all the faculties of the soul to the will
II.
How the will variously governs the powers of the soul
III.
How the will governs the sensual appetite
IV.
That love rules over all the affections and passions, and even governs the will, although the will has also a dominion over it
V.
Of the affections of the will
VI.
How the love of God has dominion over other loves
VII.
Description of love in general
VIII.
What kind of affinity (convenance) it is which excites love
IX.
That love tends to union
X.
That the union to which love aspires is spiritual
XI.
That there are two portions in the soul, and how
XII.
That in these two portions of the soul there are four different degrees of reason
XIII.
On the difference of loves
XIV.
That charity may be named love
XV.
Of the affinity there is between God and man.
XVI.
That we have a natural inclination to love God above all things
XVII.
That we...

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Dedication Page
  4. TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION
  5. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  6. THE AUTHOR'S DEDICATORY PRAYER
  7. THE PREFACE
  8. BOOK I. CONTAINING A PREPARATION FOR THE WHOLE TREATISE.
  9. BOOK II. THE HISTORY OF THE GENERATION AND HEAVENLY BIRTH OF DIVINE LOVE.
  10. BOOK III. OF THE PROGRESS AND PERFECTION OF LOVE.
  11. BOOK IV. OF THE DECAY AND RUIN OF CHARITY.
  12. BOOK V. OF THE TWO PRINCIPAL EXERCISES OF HOLY LOVE WHICH CONSIST IN COMPLACENCY AND BENEVOLENCE.
  13. BOOK VI. OF THE EXERCISES OF HOLY LOVE IN PRAYER.
  14. BOOK VII. OF THE UNION OF THE SOUL WITH HER GOD, WHICH IS PERFECTED IN PRAYER.
  15. BOOK VIII. OF THE LOVE OF CONFORMITY, BY WHICH WE UNITE OUR WILL TO THE WILL OF GOD, SIGNIFIED UNTO US BY HIS COMMANDMENTS, COUNSELS AND INSPIRATIONS.
  16. BOOK IX. OF THE LOVE OF SUBMISSION, WHEREBY OUR WILL IS UNITED TO GOD'S GOOD-PLEASURE.
  17. BOOK X. OF THE COMMANDMENT OF LOVING GOD ABOVE ALL THINGS.
  18. BOOK XI. OF THE SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY WHICH SACRED LOVE HOLDS OVER ALL THE VIRTUES, ACTIONS AND PERFECTIONS OF THE SOUL.
  19. BOOK XII. CONTAINING CERTAIN COUNSELS FOR THE PROGRESS OF THE SOUL IN HOLY LOVE.