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  2. Agape - Wikipedia

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    Agape (/ ɑː ˈ ɡ ɑː p eɪ, ˈ ɑː ɡ ə ˌ p eɪ, ˈ æ ɡ ə-/; [1] from Ancient Greek ἀγάπη (agápē)) is "the highest form of love, charity" and "the love of God for [human beings] and of [human beings] for God". [2]

  3. Greek words for love - Wikipedia

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    Agape is used by Christians to express the unconditional love of God for His children. [4] [non-primary source needed] This type of love was further explained by Thomas Aquinas as "to will the good of another". [5] Eros (ἔρως, érōs) means "love, mostly of the sexual passion". [6] The Modern Greek word "erotas" means "intimate love".

  4. Philia - Wikipedia

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    Philia (/ ˈ f ɪ l i ə /; from Ancient Greek φιλία (philía)) is one of the four ancient Greek words for love: philia, storge, agape and eros. In Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, philia is usually translated as "friendship" or affection. [1] The complete opposite is called a phobia.

  5. Agape feast - Wikipedia

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    An agape feast or lovefeast [b] is a term used for various communal meals shared among Christians. [2] The name comes from the Greek word ἀγάπη (agape), which implies love in the sense of brotherly or familial affection. Agape meals originated in the early Church and were a time of fellowship for believers.

  6. Colour wheel theory of love - Wikipedia

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    Agape is derived from ἀγάπη, an Ancient Greek term for altruistic love. Lee describes agape as an altruistic love, given by the lover who sees it as his obligation without expecting reciprocity. According to Lee, Agapic lovers are usually older and more emotionally mature, thus a love guided by will and reason than emotion or attraction. [9]

  7. Agape and Eros - Wikipedia

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    The book analyses the connotations of two ancient Greek words for love, eros and agape (unconditional love). Nygren argues that eros is an egocentric and acquisitive kind of love, needs-based and desire-based.

  8. Agapism - Wikipedia

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    Agapism is belief in selfless, charitable, non-erotic (brotherly) love, spiritual love, love of the soul. It can mean belief that such love (or "agape") should be the sole ultimate value and that all other values are derived from it, or that the sole moral imperative is to love.

  9. Agape, Chionia, and Irene - Wikipedia

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    Agape, Chionia and Irene (Greek: Αγάπη, Χιονία και Ειρήνη) were sisters and Christian saints from Aquileia, [1] martyred at Thessalonica in 304 AD. Agape and Chionia were charged with refusing to eat sacrificial offerings , whilst Irene was killed for keeping Christian books in violation of existing law.