Agape feast
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Agape feast is an early Christian communal meal centered on fellowship, charity, and shared love among believers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Agape feast canonical | 1 |
| Love Feast | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2800941 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Agape feast Context triple: [Lovefeast, historicalName, Agape feast]
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A.
Great Feast
The Great Feast is one of the highest-ranking liturgical celebrations in the Byzantine Rite, marking a major event in the life of Christ, the Theotokos, or the Church.
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B.
Great Feast in Eastern Christianity
The Great Feast in Eastern Christianity is one of the highest-ranking liturgical celebrations, marking a major event in the life of Christ or the history of salvation and observed with especially solemn worship and festal customs.
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C.
Nineteen Day Feast
The Nineteen Day Feast is a regular Bahá'í community gathering that combines worship, consultation, and social fellowship, held roughly every nineteen days according to the Bahá'í calendar.
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D.
Feast of the Twelve Apostles
The Feast of the Twelve Apostles is a Christian liturgical celebration honoring the collective group of Jesus Christ’s twelve chosen disciples.
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E.
Georgian supra (feast)
The Georgian supra is a traditional communal feast featuring abundant food, wine, and ritualized toasting led by a toastmaster, central to Georgian social and cultural life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Agape feast Target entity description: Agape feast is an early Christian communal meal centered on fellowship, charity, and shared love among believers.
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A.
Great Feast
The Great Feast is one of the highest-ranking liturgical celebrations in the Byzantine Rite, marking a major event in the life of Christ, the Theotokos, or the Church.
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B.
Great Feast in Eastern Christianity
The Great Feast in Eastern Christianity is one of the highest-ranking liturgical celebrations, marking a major event in the life of Christ or the history of salvation and observed with especially solemn worship and festal customs.
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C.
Nineteen Day Feast
The Nineteen Day Feast is a regular Bahá'í community gathering that combines worship, consultation, and social fellowship, held roughly every nineteen days according to the Bahá'í calendar.
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D.
Feast of the Twelve Apostles
The Feast of the Twelve Apostles is a Christian liturgical celebration honoring the collective group of Jesus Christ’s twelve chosen disciples.
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E.
Georgian supra (feast)
The Georgian supra is a traditional communal feast featuring abundant food, wine, and ritualized toasting led by a toastmaster, central to Georgian social and cultural life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian ritual meal
ⓘ
Christian tradition ⓘ religious communal meal ⓘ |
| associatedConcept | agape love ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
New Testament churches
ⓘ
early Christian communities ⓘ |
| declinedInUse | late ancient church period ⓘ |
| developedInPeriod | early Christianity ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Holy Eucharist
ⓘ
surface form:
Eucharist
|
| emphasizes |
care for the poor
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equality among believers ⓘ hospitality ⓘ unity of the church ⓘ |
| etymology | from Greek "agapē" meaning selfless love ⓘ |
| hasElement |
almsgiving
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communal meal ⓘ hymn singing ⓘ prayer ⓘ scripture reading ⓘ sharing of food ⓘ |
| hasOtherName | love feast ⓘ |
| historicalSource |
Didache
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writings of Ignatius of Antioch ⓘ writings of Pliny the Younger ⓘ writings of Tertullian ⓘ |
| influenced | later Christian fellowship meals ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Greek ⓘ |
| modernPractice | often separated from Eucharistic celebration ⓘ |
| observedOn | various Christian feast days ⓘ |
| practicedBy |
Brethren churches
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Methodist traditions ⓘ Unity of the Brethren ⓘ
surface form:
Moravian Church
early Christians ⓘ some Anabaptist groups ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
Christian fellowship
ⓘ
expression of charity ⓘ expression of mutual love among believers ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Holy Eucharist
ⓘ
surface form:
Eucharist
|
| religiousContext | Christianity ⓘ |
| scripturalAllusion |
1 Corinthians 11
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Jude 1:12 ⓘ |
| socialFunction |
strengthening community bonds
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supporting needy members ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
koinonia
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remembrance of Christ ⓘ self-giving love ⓘ |
| typicalSetting |
church meeting places
ⓘ
private homes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Agape feast Description of subject: Agape feast is an early Christian communal meal centered on fellowship, charity, and shared love among believers.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Love Feast