holy love

Divine affection itself

Holy love is love understood as sacred, divine, or spiritually transcendent—distinct from ordinary affection or desire.

The phrase appears in religious contexts to describe God's love for humanity or the ideal love believers should cultivate: Holy love demands we forgive even our enemies.

It suggests a love purified of selfishness, elevated beyond the merely human.

Related

agape · worship · blessing · reverence · compassion · mercy · pure · eternal · eternal flame · soul · spirit · faith · prayer · heavenly · tender · redemption · forgiveness · unconditional

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Opposites
spiritual purity

holy lovecarnal desire

Sexual longing

concupiscence · sacrilege · defilement

moral character

holy lovehatred

Intense hostile aversion

malice · spite · cruelty · jealous rage · covetousness

relational orientation

holy loveself-love

Prioritizing your own worth

covetousness · narcissism · greed · cupidity · egotism

Family

holy, love, holiness, unholy, holier, holiest, hallow, hallowed, Halloween

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G