entities: ENT_VAL_AGAPE

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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
ENT_VAL_AGAPE Agape   Valentinian Aeon / personified Love Aeon love; divine charity; Dodecad; Metricos pair; cosmic love principle; Pleroma binding force       A           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 — 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

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