Michael-7.
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Good question.
The majority do seem to recognize their are different senses of love. The traditional view,
Eros – romantic love. Feelings of physically attraction.
Philia/Storge - love and affection of a family member and bonds of friendship.
Agape – unconditional love. Sacrificial love. This is the love God has for us.
Today, many understand love as Eros, one associated with feelings, romance and physically attraction. It is the type of love often fleeting and temporary.
When Jesus told us to love our enemies and love those who actively hurt/persecute us (Luke 6:27-28) he is speaking of agape. The love that prays for the good of the soul of their enemy.
I'd suggest - in proper order, Eros often leads to Philia which leads to Agape. In the sense, a man is physically attracted to a woman. They build a relationship, marry and develop sensual intimacy. They have a family and the bond strengthens with children. They love their children to the point they would give their very lives to protect their child.
All the senses of love are from God’s gift. But the greatest of all is love (agape). (John 15:13)
As BC professor of philosophy Peter Kreeft aptly notes, “The greatest treatise ever written on love (agape) is I Corinthians 13”.
Until the day we die love is worth contemplating. It where we truly find God.
The majority do seem to recognize their are different senses of love. The traditional view,
Eros – romantic love. Feelings of physically attraction.
Philia/Storge - love and affection of a family member and bonds of friendship.
Agape – unconditional love. Sacrificial love. This is the love God has for us.
Today, many understand love as Eros, one associated with feelings, romance and physically attraction. It is the type of love often fleeting and temporary.
When Jesus told us to love our enemies and love those who actively hurt/persecute us (Luke 6:27-28) he is speaking of agape. The love that prays for the good of the soul of their enemy.
I'd suggest - in proper order, Eros often leads to Philia which leads to Agape. In the sense, a man is physically attracted to a woman. They build a relationship, marry and develop sensual intimacy. They have a family and the bond strengthens with children. They love their children to the point they would give their very lives to protect their child.
All the senses of love are from God’s gift. But the greatest of all is love (agape). (John 15:13)
As BC professor of philosophy Peter Kreeft aptly notes, “The greatest treatise ever written on love (agape) is I Corinthians 13”.
Until the day we die love is worth contemplating. It where we truly find God.
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