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Originally Posted by Redlemon
OK, I have the word I was looking for, hope it is yours as well:
Agape (ah-gah-peh), meaning "unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another, as: the fatherly concern of God for humankind; the brotherly concern for others".
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The greek word agape is the word which Luther translated with love ("Liebe") into the german. This difference is important, because we have in the german language only one word for love, but the greek have also the god Eros. Eros symbolized simplified the love of a love act (Eros-Center !). The first writers of the new testament used agape to distinguished Jesus's love from the love of eros.