Under this heading there are five points of inquiry: (1) Whether there isnatural love in the angels?
Whether the angel loves himself with natural love or with love of choice?
Whether one angel loves another with natural love as he loves himself?
Whether There Is Natural Love or Dilection in an Angel?
Natural love of God, indeed, is possible without grace; but charity is a supernatural friendship based on a fellowship in the beatitude of God.
Natural love of creatures, by which one loves them on account of reasons apart from love of God (such as the benefits one derives from them or the excellences they possess), is not charity, even though good.
It is well known that the wisdom of angels, when thus compared, is ineffable; also it will be seen in what follows that to men who are in natural love, this wisdom is incomprehensible.
This is for the reason that man can admit himself into a natural love, but the Lord alone can admit him into a spiritual love, and those admitted into this are reformed, but those admitted only into the natural love are not.
It is otherwise with man, who has affections not only of natural love, but also of spiritual and celestial loves.
From this it is plain that man can be admitted into wisdom about spiritual things and also into love of them and still not be reformed; he is admitted only into a natural love of them, not into a spiritual.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "natural love" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
