{"database": "deitydb", "table": "entities", "rows": [["ENT_VAL_AGAPE", "Agape", null, "Valentinian", "Aeon / personified Love", "Aeon", "love; divine charity; Dodecad; Metricos pair; cosmic love principle; Pleroma binding force", null, null, null, "A", null, null, null, null, null, "Agape (\"Love\") is one of the twelve Dodecad aeons in the Valentinian Pleroma, paired with Metricos (\"Measurer\"). Like Pistis, Agape personifies a theological virtue as a cosmic divine reality. In Valentinian theology, the agape that binds the Pleroma is the divine love through which all aeons are oriented toward the Father \u2014 it is the binding force of the divine fullness. The prominence of Agape in the Dodecad reflects Valentinianism's deep engagement with the Johannine tradition (1 John 4:8: \"God is Agape\") and Paul's hymn to love in 1 Corinthians 13. For Valentinian theologians, Paul's statement that \"love never fails\" (1 Cor 13:8) while knowledge and prophecy pass away supports the aeon Agape's permanent role in the Pleroma even after the Fall of Sophia and its aftermath. Irenaeus AH I.2.5; Layton (1987) pp. 299-300.", "aeon"]], "columns": ["entity_id", "canonical_name", "greek_name", "tradition", "entity_type", "category", "primary_domains", "tags", "cult_scope", "primary_period", "evidence_confidence", "review_status", "inclusion_basis", "earth_association_score", "chthonic_flag", "serpent_flag", "short_note", "entity_class"], "primary_keys": ["entity_id"], "primary_key_values": ["ENT_VAL_AGAPE"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7649399994988926, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}