Charity as Divine Friendship

by Matthew Kauth and Matthew Kauth STD

The purpose of this work is to explore and explain St. Thomas' curious description of charity as a "kind of friendship of man for God."

This is achieved in two symphonic movements:

1) An investigation into the metaphysical substructure of friendship;
2) Analysis of St. Thomas' commentary on St. John's Gospel from which he takes his understanding of charity as friendship.

In the first part, basic concepts are defined which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1618905880
• ISBN13: 9781618905888
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Saint Benedict Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"