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.
Chapters
1
Why we should love God, and the measure of that love Read by Kirsten Ferreri 4:54
2
On loving God. How much God deserves love from man in recognition of His gifts, both material and spiritual: and how these gifts should be cherished without neglect of the Giver Read by Kirsten Ferreri 8:38
3
What greater incentives Christians have, more than the heathen, to love God Read by Kirsten Ferreri 7:18
4
Of those who find comfort in there collection of God, or are fittest for His love Read by Kirsten Ferreri 7:36
5
Of the Christian's debt of love, how great it is Read by Kirsten Ferreri 5:29
6
A brief summary Read by Kirsten Ferreri 2:29
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Of love toward God not without reward: and how the hunger of man's heart cannot be satisfied with earthly things Read by Kirsten Ferreri 12:04
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Of the first degree of love: wherein man loves God for self's sake Read by Kirsten Ferreri 5:26
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Of the second and third degrees of love Read by Kirsten Ferreri 3:28
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Of the fourth degree of love: wherein man does not even love self save for God's sake Read by Kirsten Ferreri 6:12
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Of the attainment of this perfection of love only at the resurrection Read by Kirsten Ferreri 8:36
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Of love: out of a letter to the Carthusians Read by Kirsten Ferreri 5:11
13
Of the law of self-will and desire, of slaves and hirelings Read by Kirsten Ferreri 3:18
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Of the law of the love of sons Read by Kirsten Ferreri 3:39
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Of the four degrees of love, and of the blessed state of the heavenly fatherland Read by Kirsten Ferreri 5:27
From LibriVox, read by volunteers and in the public domain. LibriVox page (opens librivox.org) , the text (opens ccel.org) , all files on the Internet Archive (opens archive.org) .
