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 and 2. Because it also was sanctified in Baptism^ and is destined for eternal glory.

44. When do we love the goods of this world in a Christian manner?

When we love them, 1. As far as all created things have their origin in God and are His gifts; and 2. As far as they serve us, to promote the honor of God, to assist the needy, and to fulfil the duties of our state of life.

45. What is opposite to this Christian love of one's self?

Inordinate self-love.

46. When is self-love inordinate?

1. When man prefers his own honor and will to the honor and will of God; 2. When he is more solicitous for his body and for temporal things than for his soul and eternal salvation; and 3. When he seeks his own welfare to the unlawful injury of his neighbor.

47. Is every self-love that is not supernatural, vicious and inordinate?

No; there is also a merely natural self-love, by which we may indeed love ourselves, and all that belongs to us, in a lawful manner, but not meritorious to salvation.