agape

Agape comes from latin agape, although its more distant etymological origin leads us to a Greek word that can be translated as "love" or "affected". Specifically, we can determine that it emanates from the Greek word "agápe", which was used to refer to that unconditional love in which the person in question only cares what the welfare of the individual he loves is.

Thus, for example, in antiquity many were the Greek philosophers who used that word to refer to the love that is professed both to the couple and to the parents or children. Among those was Plato.

It should also be noted that "agápe" was presented in contrast to another important term: "eros", which came to refer to a love with more sexual conditioning.

The current term is used to name the brotherly mealof a religious nature, carried out by the first Christians to strengthen their links.

By extension, today it is understood as agape that banquet that is organized with the intention of celebrating an event or entertaining a guest. For example: "We are pleased to invite you and your family to participate in the agape in honor of His Excellency Ambassador of the Republic, Mr. Roberto López Cahito", "The ceremony was simple and consisted of a small agape that brought the attendees together", "I appreciate your proposal, but I prefer not to participate in the agape", "We all enjoy the agape and dance until dawn".

Organizing an agape is not an easy task. It requires taking care of an important number of details in order to ensure that it is optimal and that the assistants feel at ease:
• With regard to the menu, it must be taken into account that the most delicate dishes have to be in first place than the strongest.
• The garnish or sauce should never be repeated in several dishes.
• It is necessary to take care of the millimeter the choice of both the decoration of the place and what the table or tables would be.

In the historical and religious sense of the concept, the agape sought to promote union among Christians and foster brotherhood that destroyed social inequality. It should be noted that the early Christians lived in community and they considered each other as brothers: as the group grew, the feasts became more important to maintain that union.

In the same way, we cannot forget that in El Salvador there is an association that responds to the name of AGAPE. It is an entity of religious essence, created in 1978 by a Franciscan priest and its clear objective is to help, through various resources and programs, all those people who have economic deficiencies.

In the Greek language, agape can be defined by agape as universal love or love for humanity, as opposed to personal love.

Agape, finally, is a genus of moths originally from the pacific islands and belonging to the family of noctuids.