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did Nygren oppose the caritas view of Christian love? The answer is that the meaning of love as caritas did exactly what Nygren thought Paul and Luther, his theological heroes, did not do. In the classic Roman Catholic view, love as caritas builds on eros. Caritas was seen to include natural desi

6 Peter Brown, Augustine of Hippo (Berkeley, CA.: University of California, 1969), p. 178. 'Richard Rubinstein, Aristotle's Children (New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2003) sEdward Scribner Ames, Religion (Chicago: Holt, 1929). 9Anders Nygren, Agape and Eros (Philadelphia, PA.: Westminster Press, 1953)

Dimensions “...compassion for unbelievers is implicitly condemned and proscribed...Augustine argued expressly against compassion for the damned and Luther used invectives against his (religious) enemies...” How can this be God’s 145 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013645 tt setting for the spiritual work toward tha

rain fractions. L.L Hus and A.J. Mandell, J. Neurochemistry 24:631-636 The Sacred and Profane, The Nature of Relgion. Mircea Eliade, Harvest Books, Harcourt, San Diego, 1957 Hashish and Mental Iliness. J. J. Moreau, Raven Press, N.Y. 1973 (First published in 1848) The Neurochemistry of Religious Insight

amental: The schism that split the Catholic Church. This was, at first, the work of a young German theologian named Martin Luther in the 16" Century. Luther was a man whose view of life, he would say often in later years, was shaped by a single sentence: Romans 1:17. “The righteousness of God is revealed

ombe and G.H.von Wright Translated by Denis Paul and G.E.M.Anscombe, (Oxford: Blackwell 1969) 30 “For Crosby”: Virginia Woolf, The Years, (New York: Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich, 1937) p. 216 29 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018261 preserved. But, also, we must move on. These people will never grasp the opportunity t

279 did Nygren oppose the caritas view of Christian love? The answer is that the meaning of love as caritas did exactly what Nygren thought Paul and Luther, his theological heroes, did not do. In the classic Roman Catholic view, love as caritas builds on eros. Caritas was seen to include natural desires

65. ° Peter Brown, Augustine of Hippo (Berkeley, CA.: University of California, 1969), p. 178. "Richard Rubinstein, Aristotle’s Children (New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2003) ‘Edward Scribner Ames, Religion (Chicago: Holt, 1929). *Anders Nygren, Agape and Eros (Philadelphia, PA.: Westminster Press, 1953). '