ACC ~ Mark 12 v30b

RENOUNCING OTHER GODS

ORIGEN: When you decide to keep the command of this precept and reject all other gods and lords and have no god or lord except the one God and Lord, you have declared war on all others without treaty. When, therefore, we come to the grace of baptism, renouncing all other gods and lords, we confess the only God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. [1] ON EXODUS, HOMILY 8.4. [2]

[1] Cf. Mt 28:19.

[2] FC 71:322-23. If with all your heart you love God, other proximate, temporal loves must take their place within this framework.

NO DIVISION INTO PARTS

BASIL: The expression, “with the whole,” admits of no division into parts. As much love as you shall have squandered on lower objects, that much will necessarily be lacking to you from the whole. EXEGETIC HOMILIES, HOMILY 17. [1]

[1] TLG 2040.018.29.392.27-30; FC 46:279. Love for God with a pure heart cannot be divided or apportioned into various loves for various creatures.