Leao Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 [quote]'You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind...' (Lk 10:27)[/quote] What's the difference between loving God 'with all your heart' and loving God 'with all your soul'? What do either involve in practical terms beyond exerting all one's strength and brain power? leao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justified Saint Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 This would be a non-theological response, but the soul involves one's entire psychic constitution and thus one's whole rational and spiritual existence, while heart may refer to the desirous part of man -- that we should desire God above all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatcatholic Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 i think the point is that you should love God with your entire being. if any part of man is repeated in this verse, it just works to show how totally and completely we should love Him. in the Bible, repetition works to remove all doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jswranch Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 hear soul mind thought deed brain faith body self being These terms, sadly, are somewhat interchangable at times, hence confussion. We are to love God fully with all of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelibeme Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 isn't it that when talking about loving God from your heart that's like refering to your understanding. So as much as you can know and understand to love rooted in that. Loving from the soul, I take to understand that it is loving not just from your understanding, instead it is loving from your being. The others are right the point is to love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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