Pope St. John Paul II - Veritatis Splendor: Regarding Certain Fundamental Questions of the Church's Moral Teaching | Chapter I
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The Importance of Love of Neighbor
St. Augustine writes that the beginning of freedom is to be free from crimes such as murder, adultery and fornication. Christ does not put love of neighbor higher than or even to set it apart from the love of God, he says. The parable of the good Samaritan is critical for fully understanding the commandment of love of neighbor,. These two commandments, on which depend all the law and the prophets, are profoundly connected and mutually related.
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