The Primacy of Love Fenton ” –Christopher Dawson

” –Christopher Dawson

First published in 1911

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The Primacy of Love Fenton ” –Christopher DawsonBy August Adam Introduction by Ulrich L. Lehner Christianity gave Eros poison to drink; he did not die of it, but degenerated into a vice. Nietzsches Beyond Good and Evil indicts Christianity for the corruption of desire. In his first encyclical, Deus caritas est, Pope Benedict XVI refutes Nietzsche, demonstrating that the Gospel actually restores loves true grandeur. Too often, however, Christian preaching has failed to comprehend that truth. In The