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    STUDIA THEOLOGIA%20GRAECO-CATHOLICA%20VARADIENSIS - Issue no. 1 / 2008  
         
  Article:   THE PURIFICATION OF LOVE IN DEUS CARITAS EST / LA PURIFICAZIONE DELL’AMORE IN DEUS CARITAS EST.

Authors:  EDUARD ROMAN. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  The Purification of Love in Deus Caritas est. Deus caritas est is the first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI. The Holy Father states that love is “the heart of the Christian faith.” He reminds us 1 John 4:16: “God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.” Benedict witnesses this love through his writing, he points to God in Christ via the Scriptures. He uses the St. Peter’s Chair to direct believers and unbelievers to look simply at the Scriptures and to love God and the neighbour. The Pope speaks from faith for faith, a faith not contrary to reason, but a rationality that begins with faith nonetheless. Benedict XVI understands the heart of the Christian faith to respond to the deepest socio-political and personal need of the world: “In a world where the name of God is sometimes associated with vengeance or even a duty of hatred and violence, this message is both timely and significant. For this reason, I wish in my first Encyclical to speak of the love which God lavishes upon us and which we in turn must share with others.”  
         
     
         
         
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