CCC 1766

"To love is to will the good of another."⁴¹ St. Thomas Aquinas, STh I-II, 26, 4, corp. art. All other affections have their source in this first movement of the human heart toward the good. Only the good can be loved.⁴² Cf. St. Augustine, De Trin., 8, 3, 4: PL 42, 949-950PL — Patrologia Latina (Migne). Passions "are evil if love is evil and good if it is good."⁴³ St. Augustine, De civ. Dei 14, 7, 2: PL 41, 410PL — Patrologia Latina (Migne).