2007-10-18 19:18:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Deus caritas est. or Dominus caritas est.
Recently, the Pope wrote this very phrase, God is love, as "Deus caritas est." Dominus is the word that Christians have very often used to mean God from the first Latin theologians. Deus comes from the Greek word theos, and also Zeus. It means a deity.
Love is amor, in all senses, including paternal love, brotherly love, sexual love, zeal, and greed. It's a great all-purpose word for love.
Caritas is love in the sense of beneficent love, as the love of God for all creation.
2007-10-20 04:56:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amor Deus est.
To rant and rave a bit: Any answer posted from an online translator should be minus 100 points. Those are so inaccurate they do nothing but add confusion.
2007-10-19 01:15:54 · answer #2 · answered by dollhaus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you say it just the way you did!
2007-10-19 13:53:51 · answer #3 · answered by heather h 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋