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
Today we celebrate my saint's day, Saint Aelred of Rievaulx ie Alfred (born 1110 — died Jan 12, 1167), english Cistercian abbot, writer and historian. His greatest work is a treaty on friendship De spirituali amicitia, a Christian counterpart of Cicero’s De amicitia pic.twitter.com/X7sl3SoZEy
— Alfredo Ingelmo (@AIngelmo) January 12, 2021