Chapter 8 (103)
118 | THE SENTENCES, BOOK 3
insofar as we are able, we may by our love draw one another to have God :
in us."
Chapter 8 (103) WHAT THINGS ARE TO BE LOVED IN CHARITY. But let us now inquire what things are to be loved by this love-—AUGUSTINE, IN THE BOOK ON CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE. For as Augustine says: "Not all things which we use are to be loved, but only those which are joined with us in some manner in relation to God, such as a man or an angel, or those which are related to us and need God's favour through us, such as the body,"! which is "commanded to be so loved that it be cared for with right order and prudence."
DISTINCTION XXVIII
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1. WHETHER BY THAT COMMANDMENT WE ARE COMMANDED TO LOVE
ALL OF OUR NEIGHBOUR AND OUR WHOLE SELVES. Here it can be asked whether by that commandment of love of neighbour we are commanded to love our whole neighbour, that is, soul and body, and our whole selves.
2. AUGUSTINE, IN THE BOOK ON CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE. To which we say that all manner of loveable things are contained in those two commandments. "For," as Augustine says, "there are four kinds of things that are to be loved: first, that which is above us, namely God; second, ourselves; third, that which is near us, namely our neighbour; fourth, that which is below us, namely the body. No precepts need to be given concerning the second and fourth of these,"' namely that we love ourselves or our body.
It is commanded that we love God and neighbour, "but there is no need to command that each love himself."* "However much a man may fall away from truth, there remain in him love of himself and love of his own body,"' because no one has ever hated his own flesh.' Indeed, those righteous men who torture their body, "do not hate their body, but its corruptions and burdensomeness.""
"Augustine, /n Joannem, tr. 65 n2.
'Augustine, De doctrina christiana, bk | 023 n22.
*Ibid., bk 1 c25 n26.
'Augustine, De doctrina christiana, bk 1 c23 n22.
*Ibid., bk 1 c26 n27.
*Ibid., bk 1 c23 n22.
"Eph. 5, 29.
°Augustine, De doctrina christiana, bk 1 c24 n24.