“ Whether to Be Loved Is More Proper to Charity Than to Love? ”
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (1274). copy citation
| Author | Thomas Aquinas |
|---|---|
| Source | Summa Theologica |
| Topic | love |
| Date | 1274 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/18755/pg18755-images.html |
Context
“Whether the love of God is according to measure?
(7) Which is the better, to love one's friend, or one's enemy?
(8) Which is the better, to love God, or one's neighbor? _______________________
FIRST ARTICLE [II-II, Q. 27, Art. 1]
Whether to Be Loved Is More Proper to Charity Than to Love?
Objection 1: It would seem that it is more proper to charity to be loved than to love. For the better charity is to be found in those who are themselves better. But those who are better should be more loved.”
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