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[12] Drange concludes that the argument should be put forward only in relation to theists who already accept the first premise and believe in a god who is perfectly loving. Most theists, in fact, do admit that love is a central concept in almost all of the world's religions. God is often directly associated with love, especially with agape.
Theological agapism holds that our love of God is expressed by loving each other. As the ethics of love, agapism indicates that we should do the most loving thing in each situation, letting love determine our obligation rather than rules. Alternatively, given a set of rules, agapism indicates to follow those rules which produce the most love.
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 ...
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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.
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.
“We hope the settlements will result in some form of closure for them that will assist them in working through the impact of the abuses they suffered while at Agape,” an attorney for some ...
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