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On Loving God

by Saint BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX (1090 - 1153)

Of the law of the love of sons

On Loving God is one of the best-known and most influential works of Medieval Christian mysticism. Written at the request of one of the cardinals of Rome, it describes the four “levels” of love for God, and puts Christian devotion in the context of God’s love for mankind. Summary by Kirsten Ferreri.

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Of the four degrees of love, and of the blessed state of the heavenly fatherland