Beautiful hardcover gift edition ; Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical explains the Catholic theological understanding of love. He explains the various kinds of love as depicted in the four different words in Greek that are translated into "love" in English. He especially gives attention to eros, or erotic love. He explains why eros is not evil unless it is detached from agape, self-sacrificing love and how agape can uplift and purify eros. This is the first encyclical by Pope Benedict XVI, and it did not disappoint. Pope Benedict offers an insightful examination of the concept of love, using the four Greek terms for love as a springboard. He explains how the four kinds of love feed each other, and how the higher forms of love complete the lower forms. Finally, he explains how our culture has perverted the concepts of love, and therefore affected their view of God and religion.; 108 pages; 5 currently in stock;

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