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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]
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.
Though there are more Greek words for love, variants and possibly subcategories, a general summary considering these Ancient Greek concepts is: . Agape (ἀγάπη, agápē [1]) means, when translated literally, affection, as in "greet with affection" and "show affection for the dead". [2]
In the medieval Georgian Orthodox Church, the term agapi referred to a commemorative meal or distribution of victuals, offered to clergymen, the poor, or passers-by, accompanying the funeral service on the anniversary of the deceased.
The phrase Deus caritas est from 1 John 4:8—or Θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστίν (Theos agapē estin) in the original Greek [4] is translated in the King James Version as: "God is love", and in the Douay-Rheims bible as: "God is charity" ().
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