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  1. What are the four degrees of love? First, we love ourselves for our own sake; since we are unspiritual and of the flesh we cannot have an interest in anything that does not relate to ourselves. When we begin to see that we cannot subsist by ourselves, we begin to seek God for our own sakes.

  2. In his treatise on love, Bernard of Clairvaux describes "Four Degrees of Love": love of self for self's sake, love of God for self's sake, love of God for Go...

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  3. First Degree of Love: Love of Self for Self’s SakeSecond Degree of Love: Love of God for Self’s SakeThird Degree of Love: Love of God for God’s SakeFourth De...

  4. What are the four degrees of love? First, we love ourselves for our own sake; since we are unspiritual and of the flesh, we cannot have an interest in anything that does not relate to ourselves. When we begin to see that we cannot subsist by ourselves, we begin to seek God for our own sakes.

  5. Jun 30, 2019 · In this video, Dan Wilt reflects on the "four degrees of love" of Bernard of Clairvaux, and how "loving ourself for God's sake" can be a game-changer in the one life we have to live.

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  6. Aug 20, 2024 · One of the most extraordinary ideas I’ve encountered in Bernard’s thought is his model of four stages or “degrees” of love in On The Love of God (no relation to the “four loves” model popularized by C.S. Lewis in his eponymous book).

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  8. Aug 19, 2021 · What are the four degrees of love outlined by St Bernard? And why does the fourth one sound strange?

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