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Love and the Old Testament
Thousands of years ago Abraham, a herder traveling from Mesopotamia, came to a land he called Canaan where the “god of the high mountain,” a jealous god who demanded exclusivity, announced Himself. Abraham and his descendants experienced a singular relationship … Continue reading
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Eros and Agape: The Greek Origins of Christian Love
In his first encyclical, Pope Benedict XVI looked over the course of his life beginning before World War II, in which he witnessed firsthand the propensity of human beings to hate, interspersed with episodes of what the world called love. … Continue reading
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The American Plutarch 