Does God love all the same or does God love some more?

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It the sense that God desires all to come to the Truth, He loves all the same. But God loves some more than others or no one would be better than another… This love of some more than others is shown by the gifts God gives to these beloved. Does this sound to you like the truth of the Catholic Faith handed down to us?
 
God loves everyone the same, it would seem, but- as Jesus suggested when He asked Peter, Do you love me more than these?", some of us love God more than others.
 
Hebrews 12:6
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth,
and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

He loves people - more than others.
 
Clearly God loves some more than other, eg. Mary, the Mother of Jesus. St. Thomas Aquinas deals with this exact question in his Summa Theologiae Question 20.
 
If I understood St. Thomas correctly: if we consider the goods we receive from God, then God loves some, more than others. But if we consider the fervor of love, God loves us all equally.
 
In my opinion, He loves some than others, and some He does not love at all.
 
God’s love is perfect and infinite. “Does God love some people more perfectly and infinitly than others?” Obviously not. The question itself is contradictory.
 
Hm. I see what Aquinas is going for. But note that the question isn’t “does God love all people the same?” But “does God love all things the same?” God wills the same good for all people, Himself. That seems to imply he loves all people the same.

It seems like Aquinas wasn’t saying what you suggest. And in fact his logic supports the opposite.
 
That notion (that there are some He does not love at all) contradicts the very nature of God.
 
Usagi said:
That notion (that there are some He does not love at all) contradicts the very nature of God.
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chessnerd321 said:
God’s love is perfect and infinite. “Does God love some people more perfectly and infinitly than others?” Obviously not. The question itself is contradictory.
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Really? What about “Many are called; few are chosen.”? All you have to do is take a look around and it is obvious God cares more about some than he does others.

-LS
 
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What about “Many are called; few are chosen.”?
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I don’t find quoting 6 words of a whole parable that helpful. If you read the whole thing, the “few who are choosen” are the ones who responded to the invitation to the wedding feast. But all were invited. One man in the parable didn’t properly prepare himself so he was cast out.

God’s love is like water. Some people are rocks and others are sponges. It’s doesn’t mean God doesn’t pour his love on all.
 
Only if you take prosperity in this world as a sign of God’s love. Even as a definitive sign of God’s favor, the notion has been challenged since the earliest times (see the Book of Job). The prophets continued to make it clear that health and wealth were not signs of God’s pleasure in their frequent condemnations of the rich who did not do their duty by the poor. Jesus continued to question the favored status of the wealthy and powerful, while also putting the final nail in the coffin of the notion that suffering or disability is a sign of God’s displeasure. The Apostles, carrying on the Master’s teaching, likewise emphasized God’s love while never denying the reality of suffering, frequently experienced unjustly by they themselves.
 
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