Agape is "the highest form of love, charity" and "the love of God for and of for God". This is in contrast to philia, brotherly love, or philautia, self-love, as it embraces a profound sacrificial lov
Fresco of a female figure holding a chalice at an early Christian Agape feast. Catacomb of Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Via Labicana, Rome.
The Sermon on the Mount, Carl Bloch, 1877
An agape feast or lovefeast is a kind of communal meal shared among Christians. The name comes from the Greek word ἀγάπη, which implies the highest form of love described in the New Testament.
Agape
…honor a polytheistic army officer held in "high esteem" by his country. Christianity Fresco of a female figure holding a chalice at an early Christian Agape feast. Catacomb of Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Via Labicana, Rome. The word agape received a broader usage under later Christian writers as the word that…
A Moravian diener serves bread to fellow members of her congregation during the celebration of a lovefeast at Bethania Moravian Church in North Carolina.
A Schwarzenau Brethren celebration of the lovefeast at the Bear Creek Congregation of the Old German Baptist Brethren Church, New Conference
Moravian dieners serve bread to fellow members of their congregation during the celebration of the lovefeast at Bethania Moravian Church in North Carolina.