Agape - Agapé

Japanese: アガペ - あがぺ
Agape - Agapé

...Some of the most representative ones, summarized for comparison, are as follows:
[Eros and Agape]
Plato's love of eros is close to the desire theory mentioned above in that it is a desire for what is lacking in the self. However, it has the same roots as the idea theory in that the desire is directed toward the higher beauty, perfection, and value expressed in the object rather than the object itself, and ultimately aims for union with the One.

From "Love Feast"

…Agape is a Greek word meaning "love," but it also came to mean the communal meals held in the early Christian church. The word is mentioned only once in the New Testament, in Jude 12, but the meal associated with the Lord's Supper mentioned in 1 Corinthians (11:25) and Luke (22:20) also clearly denotes a love feast. …

From [Eros]

…This leads to the development of human culture, but at the same time, it inevitably leads to confusion and conflict. However, in contrast to this eros, the love shown in the New Testament, agape, is the love embodied in Jesus, who was crucified without sin, bearing the suffering of humanity, and is the absolute love poured out by God despite human sin. It was not the path of human ascension, but the path of God's descent. …

From [Christianity]

…This is the birth of the first church consciousness. The connection with Jesus on earth was maintained by linking the Last Supper to a communal meal, a love feast (agape), as a symbol of religious life. This symbolism is both spiritual and material, but it is not a legal one, as in the institution of a sacrament. …

From 【Yuai】

…Later, the Stoics gave the word a more universal meaning of love for humanity. However, it can be said that the idea of ​​fraternity or philanthropy became clearer when the idea of ​​agape (love) was established in Christianity as the love of humans to God and between humans. There, the idea of ​​fraternity was born as brotherly love between humans (love of neighbors) that transcends race, class, and sex, that is, love your neighbor and your enemy because you love God. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "agape" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…代表的なものの一部を,比較のために要約すれば,つぎのごとくである。
[エロスとアガペ]
 プラトンの説く,〈エロスerōs〉の愛は,自己に欠けたものへの欲求である点,上記の〈欲求説〉に近い。しかし,その欲求が,対象自体よりも,対象に発現する,より高い美しさ,完全さ,価値に向かい,究極は〈一者〉との合一を目ざすというのは,〈イデア説〉と同根である。…

【愛餐】より

…アガペとはギリシア語で〈愛〉を意味するが,原始キリスト教教会において持たれた共同の食事をも意味するようになった。この語は新約聖書の中では《ユダの手紙》12節でただ1度言及されるのみであるが,《コリント人への第1の手紙》(11:25)と《ルカによる福音書》(22:20)で言及される主の晩餐式と結びついた食事も,明らかに愛餐を意味している。…

【エロス】より

…これあるによって人間文化の発展も生まれるが,同時にそこから迷いも闘争も生まれてこざるをえない。ところが,このエロスに対して,新約聖書に示された愛,アガペーagapēは,罪なくして人間の苦しみを背負って十字架にかかったイエスに具現される愛であって,人間の罪にもかかわらず神から注がれる絶対的な愛である。それは人間の上昇の道ではなく,神の下降の道であった。…

【キリスト教】より

…ここに最初の教会的自覚の誕生があるといえる。地上のイエスとのつながりは,〈最後の晩餐〉を宗教的生の象徴としての愛餐(アガペー)という共同食事に結びつけることで保たれた。この象徴化は精神化と物質化とを同時にもっているが,サクラメントの制定という法的なものではない。…

【友愛】より

…その後ストア学派で,この語にはより普遍的な人類愛の意味を与えられた。 しかし,友愛ないし博愛の観念がより明確なものとなったのは,キリスト教において,人間の神への愛と人間相互の愛として〈アガペ(愛)〉の観念が確立されることによってであるといえる。そこでは,神を愛するがゆえに隣人をも愛し,汝の敵をも愛するという,人種や階級や性別を超えた人間相互の兄弟愛(隣人愛)としての友愛の観念が生まれた。…

※「アガペ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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