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A number of Catholic theologians have discussed what forms of love are sufficient to obtain justification. The general consensus is that pure, or disinterested love ((amor benevolentiæ, amor amicitiæ) is effective, and purely selfish love (amor concupiscentia) is not. There is not a general consensus on what motives can constitute perfect love.
Mormons would say that theirs is the truest form of Christianity while acknowledging that other Christian denominations hold a lesser truth. While accepting the validity of the traditional Christian Bible, Mormons also attribute scriptural authority to the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price.
Today Lutherans practice "confession and absolution" in two forms. They, like Roman Catholics, see James 5:16 and John 20:22–23 as biblical evidence for confession. [52] The first form of confession and absolution is done at the Divine Service with the assembled congregation (similar to the Anglican tradition).
Today, the church's official position remains a focus of controversy and is non-specific, stating only that faith and scientific findings regarding human evolution are not in conflict, specifically: [176] the church allows for the possibility that the human body developed from previous biological forms but it was by God's special providence ...
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 ...
[4] and that "love is being in actuality and love is the moving power of life" [5] and that an understanding of this should lead us to "turn from the naive nominalism in which the modern world lives". [6] The theologian Michael Lloyd suggests that "In the end there are basically only two possible sets of views about the universe in which we live.
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Love can have other meanings in English, but as used in the New Testament it almost always refers to the virtue of caritas. Many times when charity is mentioned in English-language bibles, it refers to "love of God", which is a spiritual love that is extended from God to man and then reflected by man, who is made in the image of God, back to God.