Late Have I Loved Thee: Selected Writings oF Saint Augustine on Love.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)(Book review)

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From: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and PublicLife
Date: 20080501
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LATE HAVE I LOVED THEE: SELECTED WRITINGS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE ON LOVE

edited by John F. Thornton

Vintage, 464 pages, $14.95

The series known as Vintage Spiritual Classics, now including almost thirty handsome paperback volumes, is a great gift. For the present book the editors have exercised their customary good judgment in selecting from the many writings of the bishop of Hippo the most incisive and moving reflections on the ways of loving and being loved. A book to keep by your reading chair and go back to again and again.

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