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BRITISH EMPIRE (A.D. 1914)

Crown colonies or protectorates: MALTA

Self-governing dominions: INDIA

GREAT BRITAIN

IRELAND

DOMINION OF CANADA

LABRADOR

NEWFOUNDLAND

BR. GUIANA

SIERRA LEONE

GOLD COAST (GHANA)

NIGERIA

EGYPT

EGYPT SUDAN

UGANDA

KENYA

BR. SOMALILAND

RHODESIA

BECHUANALAND

UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA

EMPIRE OF INDIA

KASHMIR

BURMA

CEYLON

SARAWAK

BR. NEW GUINEA

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Tasmania

DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND

BERMUDA

BAHAMAS

JAMAICA

BR. HONDURAS

ANTIGUA

BARBADOS

TRINIDAD

FALKLAND IS.

GIBRALTAR

GAMBIA

ASCENSION

ST. HELENA

MALTA

CYPRUS

ADEN

SOCOTRA

SEYCHELLES

ZANZIBAR

MAURITIUS

Wei-hai-wei

Hong Kong

MALAY STATES

Singapore

FIJI

TONGA IS.

UNITED STATES

(SOUTH AMERICA)

(EUROPE)

(AFRICA)

RUSSIA (U.S.S.R.)

North Atlantic Ocean

South Atlantic Ocean

Indian Ocean

North Pacific Ocean

Arctic Circle

Equator

“Love” in the Christian Greek Scriptures

AT THE time the Christian Greek Scriptures were written, Greek was the universal language. This fact made for their greatest possible distribution in the shortest time possible. Additionally, Greek is a very specific and exact language and the koine Greek of that time was highly developed, making it the best medium for the exact expression of thought. A case in point are its words for “love.”

In the English language we speak of “love” between the sexes, “love” of a mother for her child, “love” of friends and the unselfish “love” of God. In the Greek language, however, four separate and distinct words are used: éros, storgé, philéo and agápe. Because Eros was the name the later Greek poets gave their god of love, who was the son of Aphrodítē, éros came to be the name for romantic love, love between the sexes. The Roman counterpart to Eros is the more familiar Cupid, usually shown with a bow and arrow. Very significantly, not once is the term éros found in the Christian Greek Scriptures.

Storgé is the term used to describe natural affection based on blood relationships, accounting for the expression “blood is thicker than water.” It is found only three