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

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

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silence forbids us to use many examples. For Christ Jesus foretold these martyrs; he spoke, “yet they are more than can be told” (Ps 40:5). He said, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).