Life in Christ frees us to build intimacy with integrity
A new volume about to be released by St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, Glory and Honor: Orthodox Christian Resources on Marriage, includes essays on marriage by both Dr Timothy Patitsas and Dr Philip Mamalakis of FtFtL.
Tim’s contribution is “Theophany, Liturgy, and the Appearance of Marriage at Three Fractal Levels”, and Philip’s two essays are, “The High and Holy Calling of Being a Husband,” and “Helping Married Couples When They Are Stuck.”
The volume is edited… [ read more ]
What is the wedding garment that we need to wear at Christ’s great wedding feast, and what does it have to do with the image in iconography and the image in pornography?
We’ve been talking about pornography, and setting it into the context of what I’ve called an “iconographic” way of seeing all of God’s Creation. Last time I suggested we all ask ourselves whether we see God in his creation, or whether we objectify… [ read more ]
Marriage is a universal characteristic of human culture. In fact, as soon as the difference between the sexes came into existence (Gen 2:21-23), the “one flesh” union of their coming back together is already in view (Gen 2:24). This is not to say that every human person should be married in the earthly sense, but that there is an archetypal aspect to marriage which goes to the heart of what it means to be a… [ read more ]
