Marcion of Sinope[pronunciation?]
(Greek: Μαρκίων[1]
Σινώπης), (c.85 – c.160) was a bishop in
early Christianity,
who died around 160 A.D,(?) realized how futile it was simply to substitute
eros
for agape. Instead, he did something much more clever and
dangerous. Using arguments from Greek logic, he combined the concept
of
agape with the idea of eros and
produced a synthesis which he called, in Latin, caritas. (This
is the source of our English word “charity,” which is the word the King
James Version of the Bible most often uses to translate agape.)