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"Where Love Is, God Is" (sometimes also translated as "Where Love Is, There God Is Also" or "Martin the Cobbler") is a short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy. The title references the Catholic hymn Ubi Caritas .
Deus caritas est (English: "God is Love"), subtitled De Christiano Amore (Of Christian Love), is a 2005 encyclical, the first written by Pope Benedict XVI, in large part derived from writings by his late predecessor, Pope John Paul II. Its subject is love, as seen from a Christian perspective, and God's place within all love.
It also is found in current Anglican and Lutheran hymnals. In the second typical edition (1975) of the current Roman Missal, the antiphonal response was altered to read "Ubi caritas est vera, Deus ibi est," after certain very early manuscripts. This translates as: "Where true charity is, God is there."
What Men Live By (Czech: Čím lidé žijí) is an opera in one act by Bohuslav Martinů to an English [1] libretto by the composer, based on Where Love Is, There God Is Also (1885) by Leo Tolstoy, though he chose to use the more universal title of a different Tolstoy story What Men Live By (1886).
Agape (/ ɑː ˈ ɡ ɑː p eɪ, ˈ ɑː ɡ ə ˌ p eɪ, ˈ æ ɡ ə-/; [1] from Ancient Greek ἀγάπη (agápē)) is "the highest form of love, charity" and "the love of God for [human beings] and of [human beings] for God". [2]
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The melody of the song is also used for the Polish Catholic song "Jeden jest tylko Pan (There is only one God)", with the lyrics being about the church being the house of God. [8] [9] A version of the song was sampled in the 2016 hit song, "Save Me" [10] by French pop artist The Parakit.
In a christian context, agape means "love: esp. unconditional love, charity; the love of God for person and of person for God". [3] Agape is also used to refer to a love feast. [4] The christian priest and philosopher Thomas Aquinas describe agape as "to will the good of another". [5] Eros (ἔρως, érōs) means "love, mostly of the sexual ...