Jesus’ summary of the law within the scope of the two loves, of God and neighbor, encouraged the Western tradition, following Augustine, to assume that whatever needed to be said about Ethics could and should be said in terms of love. This was correct if understood in one way, incorrect if understood in another. The correct understanding is that since there is nothing in heaven or earth that God has not made good, we can rest in the love of whatever reality presents itself to us, heavenly or earthly, demonic or angelic. The incorrect understanding is that any such love will ipso facto fulfill
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