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

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Spiritual Friendship

friendship’s goal and usefulness are ultimately referred to Christ. For it is clear that Cicero was unaware of the excellence of true friendship, since he was unaware of Christ, who is friendship’s principle and goal. 9. AELRED: You have convinced me. But I confess that, since I almost feel as though I do not know myself, and I am afraid that my own abilities are not up to this task, I would rather not teach you about friendship but instead discuss this subject with you. And this only because you yourself have cleared the way for each of us, and have flooded the threshold of our inquiry with that most splendid light of scriptural illumination which should not allow us to wander off track, but instead should lead us by a sure path to the sure end of the question you have set before us.

Scripture Illuminates Our Understanding of Spiritual Friendship