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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | | English term or phrase: Divine Passion | | But the love of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett is an instance of the Divine Passion. Take off thy shoes, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground! This man and woman had gotten well beyond the first flush of youth; there was a joining of intellect and soul which approaches the ideal. |
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| | English translation:A supreme, ardent love which transcends physical love and enters into a spiritual realm | Explanation:
The love of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett is well known. Robert Browning loved Elizabeth dearly despite her ill health.
In this case, I feel "Divine Passion" represents a supremely intellectual love which surpasses the physical and transcends into the spiritual (the soul).
Quoting what you have provided above: "this man and woman had gotten well beyond the first flush of youth; there was a joining of intellect and soul which approaches the ideal." |
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28 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 | divine passion holy love, the love between god and his people
Explanation:
the love of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett is being equated to the love between god and his subjects.
May our hearts burn with the divine passion, for we are object of God's eternal passion.
http://www.theocentric.com/spirituality/love/the_passion_of_...
| Maria Fokin
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41 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 | divine passion agapic love
Explanation:
The passage is from Exodus 3:5, when Moses speaks to God. This is God's answer to Moses -- also to not turn away.
The idea of divine love as used here is first discussed by the pre-Christian philosopher Plato who wrote about 3 kinds of love, erotic (not necessarily sexual as it is used today, but love of one thing or person), philios, a brotherly love, and agapic love, a divine love of truth, beauty, justice and the creator of the universe.
The idea of agapic love became part of the Christian religion, in the same spirit.
In this context, the author is stressing the spiritual and universal love which is agapic.
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From Martin Luther King, "Eros is a sort of aesthetic love. It has come to us to be a sort of romantic love and it stands with all of its beauty. But when we speak of loving those who oppose us we’re not talking about eros. The Greek language talks about philia and this is a sort of reciprocal love between personal friends. This is a vital, valuable love. But when we talk of loving those who oppose you and those who seek to defeat you we are not talking about eros or philia. The Greek language comes out with another word and it is agape. Agape is understanding, creative, redemptive good will for all men. Biblical theologians would say it is the love of God working in the minds of men. It is an overflowing love which seeks nothing in return." June 4, 1957
| Stephanie Ezrol
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