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

Chapter 1 The Definition and Origin of Spiritual Friendship (Book 1.1–30)

For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.

~ Jesus, Matthew 18:20

Chapter Summary Do you have a friend you could trust to guard your soul? Aelred’s Spiritual Friendship provides encouragement that these kinds of friends can be found among Jesus’ disciples. In this first conversation (Book 1) Aelred discusses spiritual friendship with his beloved friend Ivo, in the presence of their mutual friend, Jesus. Aelred and Ivo had been friends for a while, and Aelred had written a book several years earlier for Ivo, called Jesus at the Age of Twelve . Both this conversation in Spiritual Friendship and the earlier book

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