Chapter — Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology

Chapter III. On the Virtue of Charity

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Charity is the virtue by which we love God as the supreme good on account of himself, and our neighbor on account of God. Hence there is a twofold material object of charity, namely God as the primary object, and neighbor as the secondary object. Here it will be necessary to treat distinctly concerning each.

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