Spiritual Friendship: Learning to Be Friends with God and One Another

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conversations (Books). These paragraphs are standard and can be used when comparing this edition of Spiritual Friendship with others. When citing Aelred we use the number of his conversation (Book 1, 2, or 3) and then the paragraph. For example, during his first conversation with Ivo about how long true friendship lasts, Aelred quotes Jerome (d. 420) in the 24th paragraph. We can reference this quotation as Spiritual Friendship 1.24, “1” refers to the first conversation (Book) and “24” to the paragraph. For reference, here is how Aelred’s three conversations are divided in this edition of Spiritual Friendship .

Table 2: Structure of Spiritual Friendship

Sacred Roots Edition of Spiritual Friendship

Aelred’s Divisions of Spiritual Friendship

Paragraph #s

Prologue and Book 1: First Conversation, Part 1

Chapter 1

1.1-30

Chapter 2

Book 1: First Conversation, Part 2

1.31-71

Chapter 3

Book 2: Second Conversation, Part 1

2.1-27

Chapter 4

Book 2: Second Conversation, Part 2

2.28-72

Chapter 5

Book 3: Third Conversation, Part 1

3.1-38

Chapter 6

Book 3: Third Conversation, Part 2

3.39-75

Chapter 7

Book 3: Third Conversation, Part 3

3.76-97

Chapter 8

Book 3: Third Conversation, Part 4

3.97-134