love
attitude of heart and mind expressive of the goodness of God and found consistently in the Jesus as imitated in the individual and communal lives of Christians over the centuries. It is different from filial and familial affection; though it is not dismissive of them. It is also different from erotic affection; though, again,
there is no necessary undervaluing of that. In New Testament Greek, the term is ‘agape’. This is sometimes translated as charity or compassion, or anglicised to involve commitment to an agapeistic way of life. This entails altruism and a neighbourliness which is extended both locally and globally. The eucharist or communion meal has sometimes been referred to in this sense as a ‘love feast’