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Thomas Aquinas does not simply equate charity with "love", which he holds as a passion, not a virtue. [5] The King James Version uses both the words charity and love to translate the idea of caritas / ἀγάπη ( agapē ): sometimes it uses one, then sometimes the other, for the same concept.
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.
It is parental love seen as creating goodness in the world, it is the way God is seen to love humanity, and it is seen as the kind of love that Christians aspire to have for others. Philia . Also used in the New Testament, philia is a human response to something that is found to be delightful.
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".
Love is a key attribute of God in Christianity. 1 John 4:8 and 16 state that "God is love; and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him." [13] [14] John 3:16 states: "God so loved the world..." [15] In the New Testament, God's love for humanity or the world is expressed in Greek as agape (ἀγάπη).
The ancient Greeks came up with seven different words for the types of love. Experts break down what they mean and how to foster the types of love in your life.
The love of Christ for his disciples and for humanity as a whole is a theme that repeats both in Johannine writings and in several of the Pauline Epistles. [12] John 13:1, which begins the narrative of the Last Supper, describes the love of Christ for his disciples: "having loved his own that were in the world, he loved them unto the end."
Love of God can mean either love for God or love by God. Love for God (philotheia) is associated with the concepts of worship, and devotions towards God.[1]The Greek term theophilia means the love or favour of God, [2] and theophilos means friend of God, originally in the sense of being loved by God or loved by the gods; [3] [4] but is today sometimes understood in the sense of showing love ...