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The agape love feast is still observed by many Christian denominations today, especially among Brethren and other Plain, Anabaptist churches. For example, among the Old Order River Brethren and Old Brethren , a weekend is still set aside twice a year for special meetings, self examination and a communal Love Feast as part of their three-part ...
The verb form of the word "agape" goes as far back as Homer. In a Christian context, agape means "love: esp. unconditional love, charity; the love of God for person and of person for God". [3] Agape is also used to refer to a love feast. [4] The Christian priest and philosopher Thomas Aquinas described agape as "to will the good of another". [5]
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 , which implies divine love, to love as fully as God loves, unconditionally. Agape meals originated in the early Church and were a time of fellowship for believers.
The Four Loves is a 1960 book by C. S. Lewis which explores the nature of love from a Christian and philosophical perspective through thought experiments. [1] The book was based on a set of radio talks from 1958 which had been criticised in the U.S. at the time for their frankness about sex.
Allegorical personification of Charity as a mother with three infants by Anthony van Dyck, (ca. 1627-1628). In Christian theology, charity (Latin: caritas) is considered one of the seven virtues and was understood by Thomas Aquinas as "the friendship of man for God", which "unites us to God".
In this encyclical, Benedict reflects on the concepts of eros, agape, and philia, and their relationship with the teachings of Jesus.Eros and agape are two of the various Greek words for love, each of which has a slightly different shade of meaning: agape is descending, oblative love in which one gives of oneself to another; eros is ascending, possessive love which seeks to receive from ...
This art from the Catacomb of Priscilla in Rome may depict either the heavenly banquet or an agape feast. The heavenly banquet or Messianic banquet is a concept in Christian theology which has its roots in Isaiah 25:6. It refers to a place in heaven or the new Earth where the Christian faithful, in particular the martyrs, go following heaven.
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.