{"product_id":"late-have-i-loved-thee-selected-writings-of-saint-augustine-on-love","title":"Late Have I Loved Thee: Selected Writings of Saint Augustine on Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first collection of Saint Augustine's varied writings on human and divine love--chosen to reflect his lifelong preoccupation with \u003ci\u003eordo amoris\u003c\/i\u003e, the principle of rightly directed love. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"My weight is my love,\" Saint Augustine writes in \u003ci\u003eThe Confessions\u003c\/i\u003e. He sees our ability to love as disordered by sin, so that we often choose badly what and how to love. Only by recognizing that we are commanded to love God first can any other object of our love be properly ordered, \u003ci\u003eLate Have I Loved Thee\u003c\/i\u003e draws on the riches found in Augustine's sermons, letters, treatises, and Scripture commentaries, as well as passages from \u003ci\u003eThe Confessions\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCity of God.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAugustine (354-430 A.D.)\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewas the most prolific writer of Christian antiquity and the most influential theologian in Church history.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eIn his first encyclical, \u003ci\u003e God Is Love, \u003c\/i\u003ecurrent Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges his indebtedness to him. When we read Augustine today, we encounter the same direct, eloquent passions his original listeners experienced, infused with his deep sense of human weakness and burning desire for union with God.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51939213017319,"sku":"9780375725692","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_f24dc757-be00-430e-929e-6d8559e8d994.jpg?v=1775092465","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/late-have-i-loved-thee-selected-writings-of-saint-augustine-on-love","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}