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deus caritas est

God is Love




Love is of God; so ought we to love one another

God is love


And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.


Bondye renmen nou

Nou menm nou konnen jan Bondye renmen nou, nou kwè se vre. Bondye se renmen an menm. Moun ki gen renmen nan kè yo, yo pa konn Bondye, paske Bondye se renmen menm.

(Haitian creole French) Kreyòl


Dios es amor

Y nosotros hemos conocido y creído el amor que Dios tiene para con nosotros. Dios es amor; y el que permanece en amor, permanece en Dios, y Dios en Él.

(Reina-Valera Spanish)


Mungu ni upendo

Kwa hiyo tunajua na kutegemea upendo alio nao Mungu kwetu sisi. Mungu ni upendo, na mtu mwenye upendo hukaa ndani ya Mungu na Mungu hukaa ndani yake.

(Swahili – East Africa)

Gud er Kærlighed

Og vi have erkendt og troet den Kærlighed, som Gud har til os. Gud er Kærlighed, og den, som bliver i Kærligheden, bliver i Gud, og Gud i ham.

(Dansk - Danish)


He aroha te Atua

Kua matau nei ano hoki tatou, kua whakapono ki te aroha o te Atua ki a tatou. He aroha te Atua, ko te tangata hoki e noho ana i runga i te aroha e noho ana i roto i te Atua, me te Atua ano hoki i roto i a ia.

(Ngata Maori - original New Zealanders)

Dio è amore

Noi abbiamo riconosciuto e creduto all'amore che Dio ha per noi. Dio è amore; chi sta nell'amore dimora in Dio e Dio dimora in lui.

(Conferenza Episcopale Italiana)


Deus caritas est

et nos cognovimus et credidimus caritati quam habet Deus in nobis Deus caritas est et qui manet in caritate in Deo manet et Deus in eo

(Latin Jerome)


Bóg jest miłością

Myśmy poznali i uwierzyli miłości, jaką Bóg ma ku nam. Bóg jest miłością: kto trwa w miłości, trwa w Bogu,
a Bóg trwa w nim.

(Polish Tysiąclecia)


Deus é amor

E nós conhecemos, e cremos no amor que Deus nos tem. Deus é amor; e quem permanece em amor, permanece em Deus, e Deus nele.

(Portuguese Joгo Ferreira de Almeida Atualizada)


Ang Diyos ay pag-ibig

Alam natin ang pag-ibig ng Diyos sa atin at sinampalatayanan natin ito. Ang Diyos ay pag-ibig. Ang nananatili sa pag-ibig ay nananatili sa Diyos at ang Diyos ay nananatili sa kaniya.

(Filipino Tagalog - Ang Salita ng Diyos)


God is liefde

Wij hebben de liefde van God leren kennen; daarom vertrouwen wij op die liefde, die God voor ons heeft. God is liefde. Wie blijft liefhebben, blijft één met God.

(Netherlands Het Boek)


Dieu est amour

Et nous, nous avons connu l'amour que Dieu nous porte et nous y avons cru. Dieu est amour: celui qui demeure dans l'amour demeure en Dieu, et Dieu demeure en lui.

(French Semeur)

Gott ist die Liebe

Und wir haben erkannt und geglaubt die Liebe, die Gott zu uns hat. Gott ist die Liebe; und wer in der Liebe bleibt, der bleibt in Gott und Gott in ihm.

(Martin Luther 1545)

For God So Loved the World

uGod uthanda ihlabathi


(Xhosa - South Africa)
John 3:16

As a theologian, King was more at home in the koine Greek of his seminary classroom, than he was in Latin. But I think the biblical concept cor ad cor loquitur (Heart speaks to heart) which Cardinal Newman honed in so beautifully on, is very close to the deeply relevant, deeply personalist message of Martin Luther King. Those close to him spoke King's profound dependence on, and love for "a Personal Being of matchless power and infinite love." This loving Personal Being was the secret behind the eloquent Southern Black Gospel idiom that the world heard from the lips of this powerful orator and moral witness to our generation. Is it not time to hear the word of the Lord.
Deep calleth unto deep, and that is where we must listen.

Martin Luther King, Jr. : Not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ In an electrifying speech, Martin Luther King appealed in ringing tones to the deepest hearts and conscience of his listeners: Love is somehow the key that unlocks the door which leads to ultimate reality. This Hindu-Muslim-Christian-Jewish-Buddhist belief about ultimate reality is beautifully summed up in the first epistle of Saint John: "Let us love one another, for love is God. And every one that loveth is born of God and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God, for God is love." "If we love one another, God dwelleth in us and his love is perfected in us." Let us hope that this spirit will become the order of the day. We can no longer afford to worship the god of hate or bow before the altar of retaliation. The oceans of history are made turbulent by the ever-rising tides of hate. And history is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals that pursued this self-defeating path of hate. As Arnold Toynbee says: "Love is the ultimate force that makes for the saving choice of life and good against the damning choice of death and evil. Therefore the first hope in our inventory must be the hope that love is going to have the last word" (unquote). From speech delivered 4 April 1967 at Riverside Church in New York City

Martin Luther King, Jr: God gives us power to confront evil with His love


Nelson Mandela: can Africa give the world an example of racial reconciliation?

Tough words for White Man (Malcolm X speaks with bluntness and candor)

Edward Blyden: Africa's unique role in history may be a healing SPIRITUAL one

Shemitic-Hamitic-Cushitic influence in eastern Africa and the civilizations of the Nile

Why the poor & uneducated are often the people most anointed in things of the Spirit

The triumphant anthem of faith by James Weldon Johnson -- 'Lift Every Voice and Sing'

America's love affair with God: the gospel biblical roots of America's social ideals