Oct 222010
Derivation
- Greek: love
Article
Meal taken in common by primitive Christians, usually in connection with the Holy Eucharist; it was a development of the Jewish funeral feasts. It was never a universal institution in the Church, led to excesses, and disappeared soon after the 5th century.
MLA Citation
- “agape feast”. New Catholic Dictionary. Saints.SQPN.com. 22 October 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/agape feast/>