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[[File:Fra Angelico Lamentacion por la muerte de Cristo.jpg|thumbnail|right|325px|[[Jesus Christ]] and his apostles taught a gospel of love.<ref>[http://www.orthodoxchristian.info/pages/Gospel.htm ''The Triumph of the Gospel of Love''] by Monk Themistocles (Adamopoulo)</ref>  For example, the [[New Testament]] teaches that a husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church (Ephesians 5:25).]]
 
[[File:Fra Angelico Lamentacion por la muerte de Cristo.jpg|thumbnail|right|325px|[[Jesus Christ]] and his apostles taught a gospel of love.<ref>[http://www.orthodoxchristian.info/pages/Gospel.htm ''The Triumph of the Gospel of Love''] by Monk Themistocles (Adamopoulo)</ref>  For example, the [[New Testament]] teaches that a husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church (Ephesians 5:25).]]
 
In his article ''The Triumph of the Gospel of [[Love]]'', Monk Themistocles (Adamopoulo) wrote:
 
In his article ''The Triumph of the Gospel of [[Love]]'', Monk Themistocles (Adamopoulo) wrote:
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{{cquote|It is generally agreed by scholars and [[saint]]s that the teaching of "love" and [[charity]] represent one of the essential dimensions of the Gospel of [[Jesus]] and the Gospel of [[Saint Paul|Paul]]. Accordingly, from the extant words and parables of Jesus many concern themselves with the message of love. For example on the Sunday of Meat Fare, from the Gospel of Matthew, we hear Jesus identifying Himself and in solidarity with the destitute, the suffering, the rejected and the oppressed, calling for and rewarding altruistic philanthropy:
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{{cquote|It is generally agreed by scholars and [[saint]]s that the teaching of "love" and [[charity]] represent one of the essential dimensions of the Gospel of [[Jesus]] and the Gospel of [[Saint Paul|Paul]]. Accordingly, from the extant words and parables of Jesus many concern themselves with the message of love. For example on the Sunday of Meat Fare, from the Gospel of Matthew, we hear Jesus identifying Himself and in solidarity with the destitute, the suffering, the rejected and the oppressed, calling for and rewarding [[Altruism|altruistic]] philanthropy:
    
"... I was hungry and you fed me, when I was thirsty you gave me drink, when I was a stranger you took me in, when naked you clothed me, when I was ill you came to my help, when in prison you visited me ... I tell you this anything you did for one of my brothers here, however humble, you did it for me." (Matt 25:35-36, 40)...
 
"... I was hungry and you fed me, when I was thirsty you gave me drink, when I was a stranger you took me in, when naked you clothed me, when I was ill you came to my help, when in prison you visited me ... I tell you this anything you did for one of my brothers here, however humble, you did it for me." (Matt 25:35-36, 40)...
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