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tous and, in a term that will be explained later, tected from ego�sm through the third that
virginal unity with the other (agape). both unites them and preserves their dis�nc�-
on. Love gives itself, a rela�on of personal ind-
The agapic dimension of love is perceived as a welling in which everything is given and shared
perfec�on of love thanks to Chris�an revela�- .…[However,] this rela�on does not collapse
on. While the Aristotelian unmoved mover or into the giver or the receiver because of this
the Plo�nian One does not care for the world, third, who represents at the personal level the
the God of Jesus Christ does. Love is what is objec�ve unity between the giver and the re-
most proper to God. He alone, without losing ceiver. The complete form of love is marked by
himself, can give himself to what he is not be- the giving and receiving known as koinonia
cause, in himself, he exists as a tripersonal com- [communion]. In this communion, as Chris�an
munion of love. It is at the level of three divine revela�on confirms, the third is both fruit and
persons [Father, Son, Holy Spirit] that the rela�- summit of the love that binds the lover to and
on between eros, agape, and logos indicated dis�nguishes him from the beloved. This koino-
earlier finally becomes clear. The perfec�on of nia, when referred to God, describes both the
love, where the beloved without regard for unity of love and its preserva�on of the diffe-
himself gives all of himself to the other, all the rence of giver, gi�, and receiver.
while desiring to be loved by this other, is pro-
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