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On Marriage and Family Life: St. John Chrysostom — Popular Patristics Series Number 7

By Saint John Chrysostom

Book information

Publisher
St Vladimirs Seminary Pr
Year
1986
ISBN
0913836869, 9780913836866
Language
englishancientgreek
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1876941 bytes)
Series
Popular Patristics Series Number 7
Edition
Reprint
Pages
114\116
Topic
Religion
Time added
2023-05-12 05:04:09

Description

Christian tradition often seems to give only grudging approval to the married life, particularly its sexual aspect. In these sermons of St John Chrysostom we find an important corrective to this view. Although himself a monk, Chrysostom had a profound understanding of the needs of his congregation. Inspired by the epistles to the Corinthians and Ephesians, he discusses the reasons God instituted marriage: primarily to promote holiness of the husband and wife, and only secondarily to produce children. Chrysostom goes on to discuss sexual relations, the mutual responsibilities of marriage, and parenting. While parts of Chrysostom's sermons may seem limited to his own time, the vast majority of his advice has timeless relevance for the Christian family. ## ON MARRIAGE & FAMILY LIFE # Table of Contents - Introduction - HOMILY 19 On 1 Corinthians 7 - HOMILY 20 On Ephesians 5:22-33 - HOMILY 21 On Ephesians 6:1-4 - SERMON ON MARRIAGE - HOW TO CHOOSE A WIFE

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