CCC 1766

Life in Christ›SECTION ONE MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT›CHAPTER ONE THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON›I. Passions

Topics

good, respect, shall, human god, love, faith, believe

"To love is to will the good of another." All other affections have their source in this first movement of the human heart toward the good. Only the good can be loved. Passions "are evil if love is evil and good if it is good."

Footnotes

St. Thomas Aquinas, STh I-II, 26, 4, corp. art.
Cf. St. Augustine, De Trin., 8, 3, 4: PL 42, 949-950.
St. Augustine, De civ. Dei 14, 7, 2: PL 41, 410.

Church Fathers (2)

Thomas Aquinas Augustine

Ecclesiastical Documents (1)

Patrologia Latina

Patrologia Latina 42, 949-950, Patrologia Latina 41, 410

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