When men share the love of Charity as brothers, the sacred scriptures explain that this perfect love is a force of union, that is why with Christ, all Christians form a single spiritual body with Jesus as head; and this is how the apostle of the gentiles described this spiritual truth in his epistle to the Romans: "For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us" Romans 12:4-6.
And when speaking of a single spiritual body, Paul also made reference to the spiritual gift of concord, the union of minds and hearts, the concord is for Aristotelian philosophy the third form of friendship along with justice and mercy, concord is "political friendship", that is, the friendship between citizens or neighbors as such.
The Christian love, called Agape in the Greek language, is a transcendent and sublime love; a perfection that is a grace from above, a form of love that makes men similar in essence to God, as the gospel explains: "Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect" Matthew 5:48.
This is why Paul delved deeper into the love from above, and described it by its fruits in this way:
"Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with the Lord's people who are in need. Practice hospitality" Romans 12:10-13.
In the true love, ultimately, as Paul wanted to explain it, there is no place for selfishness and passions, but rather attachment to the most perfect, which is the wisdom of God. Christian love is in essence the love of wisdom and virtue.
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