You know when something is given the name of
the Greek god of love.
Not exact matches
Your use
of the word ignorance if translated from the Word
of God to Hebrew then
Greek then English
loving God such that you completely trust the way not any other deception.
Ephesians 1: 9 - 10 Throughout his life and ministry, Jesus witnessed the unifying
love of God for all: Jew and Gentile,
Greek and barbarian, male and female, the righteous and the sinner.
As she continues to read, we hear about Paul's incarceration and persecution, about how Jesus is «the image
of the invisible
God, the firstborn over all creation,» about watching out for all those false teachings that circulated through the trade routes, about how we ought to stop judging each other over differences
of opinion regarding religious festivals and food (I blush a little at this point and resolved to make peace with some rather opinionated friends before the next sacred meal), about how we should clothe ourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, and
love, about how we must forgive one another, about how the things that once separated Jew from
Greek and slave from free are broken down at the foot
of the cross, about how we should sing more hymns.
Theo Phileo And the
Greeks loved to dream up ironic torments in Hades for those who crossed their
gods, like forever being thirsty while up to the chin in water just out
of reach.
Jesus gave so clear a picture
of what a life centered in the
love of God and expressing itself in
love for others would be that, when the New Testament was written in
Greek, the meaning
of agape was transformed.
In short, I contend that the teaching that we are to
love every human being is based on a mistranslation
of the
Greek word «agapeo» into the English word «
love» combined with a misunderstanding
of the Parable
of the Good Samaritan (and, what I haven't touched on yet, a misunderstanding
of the nature
of God).
As you will recall, Nygren insists that in
God there is no eros (the
Greek word, by the way, for what I have been calling «desire», which significantly also in
Greek means «
love»); in
God there is only agape, which Nygren interprets to mean the
love which gives without regard either to the value
of the recipient or the urgency on the part
of the giver to receive a returning
love.
The classical Christian synthesis
of the power
of God and the
love of God — forged in those formative years
of contact with
Greek philosophy, hammered out by Augustine and Aquinas and other giants
of Christian thought, fractured by the critiques
of Dostoyevsky and Nietzsche and their comrades in intellectual arms — was smashed to pieces by the overwhelming human devastation that was the Holocaust.
But there are no monopolies for West or East, Jew or
Greek, for high or low, for rich or poor, as far as the interpretation
of the implications
of the supreme act
of God's redeeming
love are concerned.
In what now follows, I put into play Catherine Keller's use
of the
Greek words eros and agape in distinguishing the two movements
of God's empowering
love, as initiating and receiving.
Plotinus spoke
of God as
Love, but he used the Greek word eros in contrast to agape, which was another Greek word for love used by Christi
Love, but he used the
Greek word eros in contrast to agape, which was another
Greek word for
love used by Christi
love used by Christians.
I've
loved each
of The
Greek Gods yogurt flavors I've tried (helloooo Fig Honey), and have made some great smoothies with them, too.
Zeus» Latin alternative, Dion, would make a fantastic choice if parents don't really
love the
Greek name
of the supreme
god.
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Greek Orthodox Church is dedicated to the continuation
of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ's ministry
of salvation through the proclamation and teaching
of the Gospel; through the grace
of God; faith; Baptism and through
loving service to
God and to mankind.
Agape (Ancient
Greek, agp) is a Greco - Christian term referring to
love, the highest form
of love, charity and the
love of God for man and
of man for
God.
But I
love mythology and the constellations, and this manga has plenty
of both, as all the enemies are from
Greek mythology,
gods who are reborn just like Athena.
In
Greek mythology, Hephaestus, the
god of fire, married Aphrodite, the goddess
of love.
When the ancient
Greeks turned their attention to the
gods, demigods and other deities
of Mount Olympus, they saw a world much like their own — marked by rivalry,
love, violence, deceit, ego and danger.
About Blog Saint Stefanos
Greek Orthodox Church is dedicated to the continuation
of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ's ministry
of salvation through the proclamation and teaching
of the Gospel; through the grace
of God; faith; Baptism and through
loving service to
God and to mankind.