10. What statement about friendship can be more sublime, more true, more valuable than this: it has been proved that friendship must begin in Christ, continue with Christ, and be perfected by Christ. Come, now: propose what in your opinion should be the first question about friendship.
IVO. I think we should first discuss what friendship is, lest we appear to be painting on a void, not knowing what should guide and organize our talk.
11. AELRED. Is Cicero’s definition not an adequate beginningfor you? “Friendship is agreement in things human and divine, with good will and charity.”
12. IVO. If his definition suffices for you, it’s good enough for me.
–Aelred of Rievaulx Spiritual Friendship I.10-12 (Lawrence C. Braceland, tr., Marsha L. Dutton ed., Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2010), p.57
12 Jan 1519: d. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor since 1508 #otd He expanded the influence of the Hapsburg dynasty especially in #Spain by marriage of his son Philip the Handsome to eventual queen Joanna of Castile in 1498, which allowed Charles V hold Aragon & Castile (GCI) pic.twitter.com/MKgFrG6vzt
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