Love and religion

'''''' (; ) is "the highest form of love, charity" and "the love of God for [human beings] and of [human beings] for God". This is in contrast to , brotherly love, or , self-love, as it embraces a profound sacrificial love that transcends and persists regardless of circumstance.

theological virtue

Jesus's paraphrase of the Old Testament: “Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength” (Mk 12:29–30)

encyclical

concepts of worship and devotions towards God

to love our enemies

in Christianity, Jesus’ commandment to “love one another“

verse in the Quran

work by Søren Kierkegaard in 1847; deals with the Christian conception of agape in contrast with eros or phileo, to understand the existence and relationship of the individual Christian

holiday observed on July 8