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This is a spiritual classic which is an absolute cornerstone in the genre of Christianity. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux sets forth the reasons God is to be loved above all things, the consequences of loving created things more than God, and the sanctification affected from loving God above all else.

"We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing is more profitable." On Loving God is first a touching description of God's love for us as unmistakenly demonstrated in the death of His Son. Second, it is a call for us to joyfully respond to God like the child who runs and embraces her father whose love is sure. As St. Bernard writes, "They love all the more because they know themselves to be loved so exceedingly."

"We are to love God for himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable." On Loving God is first a touching description of God's love for us as an unmistakably demonstrated in the death of his son. Second, it is a call for us to joyfully respond to God like the child who runs to and embraces her father whose love is sure. As St. Bernard writes, "They love all the more, because they know themselves to be loved so exceedingly."

St. Bernard of Clairvaux describe four loves: self-love, selfish love, loving God objectified, and loving one's self in God. These four loves are all on the path of learning to love God. He asserts that reaching the last stage of love grants a pain-free afterlife.

A Practical Understanding of God's Love Anamchara's modern version of this classic spiritual work allows twenty-first-century readers the opportunity to learn from Bernard of Clairvaux, one of Christianity's great theologians and mystics. Bernard's spirituality is both robust and positive, offering a timeless analysis of the nature of God—as well as the human impulse to love God—that is as practical and intelligent now as it was in the eleventh century. This careful paraphrase of Bernard's ancient words is a doorway to a fresh understanding of Divine love. "Love," writes Bernard, "is ...

En faisant l'éloge des Templiers et de leur mission, Bernard de Clairvaux dresse ici le portrait d'une chevalerie destinée à défendre la justice.