On Loving God: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

On Loving God, credited to Bernard of Clairvaux, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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Librivox recording of "On Loving God" by Kirsten Ferreri On Loving God is one of the best-known and most influential works of Medieval Christian mysticism. Written at the request of one of the cardinals of Rome, it describes the four "levels" of love for God, and puts Christian devotion in the context of God's love for mankind. Summary by Kirsten Ferreri For more information on our readers, please visit the catalog page For more free audiobooks or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org

Recording facts

• Recording title: On Loving God
• Author credits: Bernard of Clairvaux
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 15
• Listed recording duration: 1:29:45

Catalogue topics

• religion
• God

Track guide

1. Chapter 01 - Why We Should Love God — 4:55
2. Chapter 02 - On Loving God — 8:39
3. Chapter 03 - What Greater Incentives Christians Have — 7:19
4. Chapter 04 - Of Those Who Find Comfort — 7:36
5. Chapter 05 - Of The Christian's Debt Of Love — 5:30
6. Chapter 06 - A Brief Summary — 2:30
7. Chapter 07 - Of Love Toward God Not Without Reward — 12:05
8. Chapter 08 - Of The First Degr — 5:27
9. Chapter 09 - Of The Second and Third Degrees — 3:29
10. Chapter 10 - Of The Fourth Degree of Love — 6:13
11. Chapter 11 - Of the Attainment — 8:36
12. Chapter 12 - A Letter to the Carthusians — 5:12
13. Chapter 13 - Of the Law of Self-Will and Desire — 3:19
14. Chapter 14 - Of the Law of the — 3:39
15. Chapter 15 - Of the Four Degrees of Love — 5:28

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