{"product_id":"deus-caritas-est-god-is-love-encyclical-letter-on-christian-love","title":"Deus Caritas Est (God is Love) - Encyclical Letter on Christian Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn introducing his letter, Pope Benedict XVI writes: \"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.\" He describes how the words of the title, \"God is love,\" taken from the First Letter of John, \"express with remarkable clarity the heart of the Christian faith.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA timely, accessible document\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis historic encyclical, the first by Pope Benedict XVI, conveys a timely message written in an accessible style. The letter is divided into two interconnected parts. With the first part, the Holy Father seeks \"to clarify some essential facts concerning the love which God mysteriously and gratuitously offers to man, together with the intrinsic link between that Love and the reality of human love.\" The Pope notes that the second part \"is more concrete, since it treats the ecclesial exercise of the commandment of love of neighbour.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSummary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePART I\u003cbr\u003eThe Unity of Love in Creation and in Salvation History\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePART II\u003cbr\u003eCaritas - the Practice of Love by the Church as a \"Community of Love\" The Church's charitable activity as a manifestation of Trinitarian love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCharity as a responsibility of the Church\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJustice and charity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe multiple structures of charitable service in the social context of the present day\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe distinctiveness of the Church's charitable activity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThose responsible for the Church's charitable activity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CCCB Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49918907416819,"sku":"053-184498","price":6.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0751\/0294\/5523\/files\/184-498.jpg?v=1784062022","url":"https:\/\/standrewschurchsupply.biz\/fr\/products\/deus-caritas-est-god-is-love-encyclical-letter-on-christian-love","provider":"St. Andrew’s Book, Gift, \u0026 Church Supply","version":"1.0","type":"link"}