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The word agape is used in its plural form (agapai) in the New Testament to describe a meal or feast eaten by early Christians, as in Jude 1:12 and 2nd Peter 2:13. The agape love feast is still observed by many Christian denominations today, especially among Brethren and other Plain, Anabaptist churches.
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.
In the Bible, St Paul had promoted staying single in his writings. [7] Spiritual marriages were seen as an alternative way of life, where a man and a woman could have an equal relationship which was emotionally and spiritually intimate. [8] It was also a practical answer to the financial question of how single women could support themselves.
Agape (ἀγάπη, agápē [1]) means "love: esp. unconditional love, charity; the love of God for person and of person for God". [2] Agape is used in ancient texts to denote unconditional love, and it was also used to refer to a love feast. [3] Agape is used by Christians to express the unconditional love of God for His children.
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.
Agape and Eros (Swedish: Eros och Agape) is the shorthand English name given to the treatise written by the Swedish Protestant theologian Anders Nygren, which was first published in Swedish in two parts in 1930 and 1936. Its complete title in the English language was Agape and Eros - a study of the Christian idea of love.
England opted against making any changes in personnel for the visit of Australia on Saturday after being edged by New Zealand last weekend. A 24-22 defeat by the All Blacks opened England's autumn ...
Within the book of Genesis, the Table of Nations is an extensive list of descendants of Noah, which appears within the Torah at Genesis 10, representing an ethnology from an Iron Age Levantine perspective and its reflections in the medieval and modern history and genealogy researches.