Category
page 1Love and religion

agape
'''''' (; ) 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.
charity
theological virtue
Great Commandment
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)
Deus Caritas Est
encyclical
love of God
concepts of worship and devotions towards God
Matthew 5:44
to love our enemies

New Commandment
in Christianity, Jesus’ commandment to “love one another“
Ash-Shura 23
verse in the Quran

Works of Love
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

Peter and Fevronia Day
holiday observed on July 8