Love
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9.Love of God
9a.God's love for man
See also: Justice 10a · Sin 9b
Paul, The Second Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansVol. 45
- p. 520–521The love of Christ constrains; he died for all that the living live for him.read · scan
- p. 531–532Closing exhortation to live in peace; the God of love and peace, love of God invoked.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, HellVol. 20
- p. 9Love brought Beatrice down to send Virgil to aid her friend; heavenly ladies intercede for him.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, ParadiseVol. 20
- p. 310The Incarnation was an act of eternal love; only those ripened in love's flame can fathom the decree.read · scan
- p. 395–397Love of God's created beings, the leaves of the garden, tended by the eternal hand.read · scan
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of ChristVol. 7
- p. 269–270Divine charity conquers envy and self-love; the devout praise God's love that made and recalled them.read · scan
- p. 358God's immeasurable love for men and the soul's wish to give its heart wholly and unite with God.read · scan
Robert Southwell, The Burning BabeVol. 40
- p. 218–219Love is the fire; He melts in a bath of blood to wash men.read · scan
George Herbert, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 341–343Divine Love welcomes the unworthy soul and bids him sit and eat.read · scan
John Milton, Poems Written at Horton, 1632-1638Vol. 4
- p. 40–42More exceeding love: God emptied His glory for frail dust.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 136The Son's face shows divine compassion, love without end, and grace without measure.read · scan
- p. 136God asks where charity so dear can be found; only the Son, full of divine love, offers mediation.read · scan
- p. 136The Son's meek aspect breathes immortal love to mortal man; he sacrifices himself in filial obedience.read · scan
- p. 136Heavenly love outdoes Hellish hate; the Son is worthiest for being good rather than merely great, love abounding more than glory.read · scan
- p. 136The Son offering himself to die for Man is hailed as unexampled love.read · scan
- p. 136The hymn praises the Son as Saviour of men, whose divine love shall be the matter of the song.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 177Deserted, He cautions His disciples tenderly for their own safety; the spirit is willing, the flesh weak.read · scan
- p. 178Christ claims to be a better friend than any, having suffered and died for us in our infidelities.read · scan
- p. 179Christ loves us more ardently than we loved our abominations.read · scan
- p. 269The world became fervent with love.read · scan
Robert Browning, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1079–1080Speaker claims Evelyn Hope still, trusting God creates love to reward love, and will find her in a later life.read · scan
9b.The soul's love for God above all
See also: Religion 2b
The Bhagavad-Gita; or, Song CelestialVol. 45
- p. 841–843Arjuna appeals as son to father, friend to friend, lover to beloved for the Lord's kindly face.read · scan
- p. 843–846God is reached by loving all he has made and loving him for love's sole end.read · scan
Paul, The First Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansVol. 45
- p. 500Love edifies, and whoever loves God is known by him.read · scan
Saint Augustine, The Confessions of St. AugustineVol. 7
- p. 6–7Augustine longs to rest in God as his sole good and asks why God demands his love, and how woeful it is to love Him not.read · scan
- p. 109–110Love knows the eternal Light; Augustine trembles with love and awe at the vision.read · scan
- p. 164Augustine loves God with assured consciousness, a love unlike love of bodily beauty, light, song or embrace, but of the inner man.read · scan
Hymns of the Christian Church: Latin HymnsVol. 45
- p. 549–552Love of Jesus known only to his loved ones.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, ParadiseVol. 20
- p. 293Their charity bars no wish justly introduced; hearts burn with pleasure from the Holy Spirit.read · scan
- p. 293–296Charity makes the blessed will only what they have; to wish more would jar with the divine will.read · scan
- p. 326–327Love for God eclipses love for Beatrice, who smiles gladly at it.read · scan
- p. 330–331Francis loves his bride Poverty more devoutly day by dayread · scan
- p. 344Their love will shine around the raiment as vision and fervour increase togetherread · scan
- p. 361Beatrice's eyes and smile absorb Dante's affection; love leading him to Godread · scan
- p. 370The lights sing of sweet Love, inspired by holy thoughts.read · scan
- p. 383–386The saints stretch toward Mary like infants toward the breast, through zealous love.read · scan
- p. 395Dante is examined on charity; good kindles love in proportion to its goodness, and all love finally draws the soul to God.read · scan
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of ChristVol. 7
- p. 234Vanity save to love God; perfect love of God casts out fear of death, judgment and hell.read · scan
- p. 239Love of Jesus makes a man despise himself and rejoice at trouble, giving fruitful peace.read · scan
- p. 245–246Jesus as the Beloved suffers no rival; trust in men fails, and life without Jesus is loss.read · scan
- p. 246–247Jesus is the friend above all; all others are to be loved for his sake, and no friend can be relied on without him.read · scan
- p. 254Sorrow of exile grows with love; desire for tribulation arises from love of conformity to Christ.read · scan
- p. 263–264Love of God is the greatest good, lightens burdens, is free, tireless and boundless, and rests only in God.read · scan
- p. 264–265Prayer to be enlarged in love of God; catalogue of love's qualities; the true lover suffers all for the Beloved and prizes the giver above gifts.read · scan
- p. 283–284The soul longs for Christ as spouse and lover, finding no joy without him.read · scan
- p. 342–343The soul receives its Beloved, Friend and Spouse with devout love, to be loved above all things.read · scan
- p. 343Prays to overflow with love toward God and charity enkindled.read · scan
- p. 348–349Union between Christ and disciple requires giving oneself with all one's affections.read · scan
- p. 349–350Sins are consumed by the fire of God's charity; intercession for loved ones and benefactors.read · scan
- p. 355One who loves prepares the best place for his beloved, showing affection.read · scan
- p. 357The soul addresses God as Beloved, desiring to be lost in Him as friend with friend.read · scan
- p. 361Fervent love of God as Eternal Love, fire that purifies the heart and enlightens the understanding.read · scan
Sir Thomas Malory, The Holy GrailVol. 35
- p. 118–119Evelake leaves his country for love of Joseph, who leaves the bloody cross as a remembrance of his love.read · scan
Martin Luther, Concerning Christian LibertyVol. 36
- p. 345–346Love by nature is dutiful and obedient to the beloved, as in Christ's servanthood.read · scan
Pierre Corneille, PolyeucteVol. 26
- p. 95Polyeucte speaks of his love for Nearchus and Christ as enduring.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 257Angel says there is no happiness without love and bids Adam love, first of all loving God by obeying.read · scan
Richard Crashaw, Wishes for the Supposed Mistress; Upon the Book and Picture of the Seraphical Saint TeresaVol. 40
- p. 362–364Closing wishes for the ideal mistress; then a devotional address to St. Teresa, her life of love and desire.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 99Knowledge of God is far from love of Him.read · scan
- p. 100The heart's order is love, not demonstration; Christ, Paul and Augustine warm rather than instruct.read · scan
- p. 101Believers desire only to love God and hate themselves.read · scan
- p. 140Man loves something on earth, so can love God if God communicates Himself.read · scan
- p. 161The obligation to love God is a mark of true religion.read · scan
- p. 174Her delight is in loving God with all her strength; self-love and lust hinder this and only God can cure it.read · scan
- p. 182God unites Himself to the soul, filling it with love and making it incapable of any other end.read · scan
- p. 198–199God will circumcise the heart that man may love Him with all his heart.read · scan
- p. 199Love of God and obedience are commanded as the choice of life.read · scan
- p. 224Those seeking God in the promises find Him with the command to love Him only, without contradiction.read · scan
- p. 225The law taught to worship and love God only.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, Minor WorksVol. 48
- p. 400In divine things love precedes knowledge; we enter truth through charity.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 53–54He loves Christ who eased his burden.read · scan
- p. 144–145His affections run over with love for Christ and his people.read · scan
- p. 156–157Christian and Hopeful fall sick of love for the glorious City.read · scan
- p. 215–216Christiana's heart bleeds and is moved to love Christ who paid for her; redemption begets deep affection.read · scan
- p. 237–238Abraham praised for love to his Master and self-denial.read · scan
- p. 250–251His wound proves his love for his Master and the pilgrims.read · scan
- p. 309–311Messenger's token is an arrow sharpened with love, working in her heart.read · scan
- p. 316–318His love for his Lord, whose name is sweeter than perfume and whose steps he coveted to follow.read · scan
William Penn, Some Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 367What we love we hear, trust, serve and suffer for; love of Christ leads to keeping his commandments and the fruits of love.read · scan
Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and BeautifulVol. 24
- p. 56–59Love of God is not the first or most natural effect of the idea of Deity; pagans said little of it.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Tragedy of Faust, Part IVol. 19
- p. 51–53Love of man and of God inspires the awakened soul.read · scan
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1002–1003Renounces earthly love, never having felt a kiss, for heavenly love and visionread · scan
William Makepeace Thackeray, Jonathan SwiftVol. 28
- p. 17–18Swift could love and pray; religion and love shine through his storms.read · scan
9c.Disinterested love of God
Hymns of the Christian Church: Latin HymnsVol. 45
- p. 554–556Poet loves God disinterestedly, not for heaven's reward or hell's fear, but because Christ first loved him.read · scan
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of ChristVol. 7
- p. 251–252Pure love of Jesus, unmixed with gain or self-love, serves God for nothing.read · scan
Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part IVol. 14
- p. 295Quixote defends disinterested service of a lady, without reward; Sancho compares it to loving God for His own sake, not for hope or fear.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 197–198Jewish religion consisted essentially only in love of God, not ceremonies, circumcision, temple or descent from Abraham.read · scan
9d.Love of God versus love of creatures and the world
See also: Desire 11a
Saint Augustine, The Confessions of St. AugustineVol. 7
- p. 54–55Love bodies and souls in God, their Maker; loving created goods apart from Him embitters them.read · scan
- p. 181He loves too little who loves anything not for God's sake; prays for charity to kindle him.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, PurgatoryVol. 20
- p. 204Love of higher sphere exalts desire and frees from envy.read · scan
- p. 272Former loves now seem loathsome as remorse pierces him.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, ParadiseVol. 20
- p. 347True love shows in kindness as loose appetite in wrong; he grieves who forsakes eternal love for perishable thingsread · scan
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of ChristVol. 7
- p. 240Impure love toward created things entangles the heart of man.read · scan
- p. 244–245Love of Jesus is faithful and lasting, while love of created things deceives; give up all for the Beloved.read · scan
- p. 247–248Saint Laurence overcame love of man by love of the Creator; resign even beloved friends for God.read · scan
- p. 305–306Friendship and love of creatures must be rooted in God; without Him friendship lacks strength and purity.read · scan
- p. 331–332Saints are bound by charity and love God above themselves, unlike carnal affection and human friendship.read · scan
Izaak Walton, The Life of Dr. John DonneVol. 15
- p. 342Earthly affections are changed into divine love.read · scan
Izaak Walton, The Life of Mr. George HerbertVol. 15
- p. 379–380Divine love is set against Venus and Cupid, as a better inspiration than erotic love.read · scan
Pierre Corneille, PolyeucteVol. 26
- p. 77Christ's love of brother versus exclusive love of God; Polyeucte loves Pauline and wants her consent.read · scan
- p. 110–111He forsakes earthly love for the love that passes knowledge.read · scan
- p. 111–115He loves Pauline far more than himself but less than God; earthly love versus heavenly.read · scan
Molière, Tartuffe, or The HypocriteVol. 26
- p. 211–213Tartuffe weans Orgon's heart from every friendship and earthly love.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 188Charity is contrasted with covetousness as opposing principles of the will.read · scan
- p. 190–191Charity produces fruits contrary to lust.read · scan
- p. 197Christians know the true God and love not the world; heathens and carnal Jews love the world only.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, Minor WorksVol. 48
- p. 367–369Love of God versus love of the world, which displeases God and destroys the self.read · scan
- p. 381–382Contrasts the kingdom of love around God with the kingdom of desire around the great.read · scan
- p. 382One should aspire to the kingdom of love whose subjects desire only the benefits of love.read · scan
- p. 385The soul's love for the world lacked durability; God is the most lovely object.read · scan
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