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If God is not a Trinity, God is not love. For love requires three things: a lover, a beloved, and a relationship between them.

Peter Kreeft

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Peter Kreeft
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: March 16
Philosopher
Professor
Theologian
Writer
Paterson
New Jersey
Peter John Kreeft
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Trinity
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Lover
Beloved
Requires
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Lovers
Relationship

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Only God is to be loved for His own sake. Everything else is to be loved for God's sake.
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