the special NT Greek term for God's love for us, and which Christ commanded his disciples to have for one another (Cf Jn 13: 34-35; 1 Jn 4: 16; 1 Cor 13 )
A Greek word meaning a pure, unconditional love of a spiritual nature Agape is the highest for the love that one can express
This is the New Testament Greek word for love - unconditional love, Divine love It also became the name for the common meal which early Christians shared - The Love Feast
(3 syl ) A love-feast The early Christians held a love-feast before or after communion, when contributions were made for the poor These feasts became a scandal, and were condemned at the Council of Carthage, 397 (Greek, agape, love )
Christian love, "charity" (1 Cor 13: 1-8) Saint Ignatius of Antioch and Saint Hippolytus of Tome (second century) use Eucharist and Agape as synonyms (cf 1 Cor 11); in Jude 12, the 'love feasts' are most naturally understood to be the combined Agape---Eucharists The Agape (in Didache, 70-110) is a Jewish meal (Chaburah) Christianized as in the 'new meal' of Christ's Kingdom and Love Today the term Agape refers to the Easter Sunday's Vespers (held either in the morning or the afternoon) which is also called the Second Resurrection Service During this Service the Gospel reading relating to the first appearance of the Resurrected Christ to His disciples is read in many languages besides Greek , in order to emphasize the universality of salvation in the Resurrected Christ and its message to all people and nations
(Gr : Love) Feast of love; the common meal of fellowship eaten in gatherings of the early Christians (I Cor 11: 20 34) Agape is also the name of the Easter Vespers Service held in the early afternoon on Easter day The faithful express their brotherly love and exchange the kiss of love honoring the resurrected Christ
the purely spiritual love of one person for another This love corresponds to the love of God or Christ for mankind (Contrast with eros, philia, and platonic love )
with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe; "the gaping audience"; "we stood there agape with wonder"; "with mouth agape"
The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion
If you describe someone as having their mouth agape, their mouth is open very wide, often because they are very surprised by something. She stood looking at Carmen with her mouth agape. with your mouth wide open, especially because you are surprised or shocked. In the New Testament, the fatherly love of God for humans and their reciprocal love for God. The term extends to the love of one's fellow humans. The Church Fathers used the Greek term to designate both a rite using bread and wine and a meal of fellowship that included the poor. The historical relationship between this meal, the Lord's Supper, and the Eucharist, the meal of fellowship and the sacrament, is uncertain