Scripture says that God is love, and that loving him and loving one’s neighbour are the two greatest commandments. Those two statements come from 1 John 4:8 and from Jesus’ answer in Matthew 22:37-39. God showed his love by sending his Son (John 3:16), and Jesus told his disciples to love one another as he had loved them (John 13:34-35). Catholic teaching calls love of God and neighbour charity. The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines it as “the theological…
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