Augustines interpretation is spiritualhis were not scholarly or academic concernsand John Leinenwebers translation is fresh and accessible, capturing the clarity, brilliance, and inspired passion of the original. ""John has said many things,"" stated Augustine, ""and almost all of them concern love."" The first six of the ten homilies were delivered on the days of the Easter octave. This period proved too short for Augustine to cover the whole of the letter, and he preached four additional homilies later in the spring. In his Confessions, Augustine spoke of his great longing as a youth ""to love and be loved""a topic that appealed greatly to his listeners. During the course of delivering these homilies, he was interrupted time and again by applause and shouts of enthusiasm. The ten homilies are broken up into twentyfour short chapters, for example The Commandment of Love, Two Loves (of God and of the World), Christ and Antichrists, Unanswered Prayer, God is Love, God Has Loved Us First, Love Casts Out Fear. His are in large part moral teachings, dealing with such topics as prayer, our enemies, fear of God, the church, the world (so important in Saint Johns writings). What does one actually do to love God and others? What are the pitfalls of loving? How can one learn to love more? Throughout the homilies, Augustines great desire ""to love and be loved"" and to live eternally with God are eloquently expressed. Believing himself ignorant of Scripture, he had initially...

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