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Saturday, 23 January 2016

Christian love ('Agape') in CS Lewis's The Four Loves, and in Mormon theology

http://www.jrganymede.com/2016/01/22/agape-storge-cs-lewiss-four-loves-reconsidered-from-a-mormon-theological-perspective/

Posted by Bruce Charlton at Saturday, January 23, 2016
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