tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875703880331088131.post1732702750547596082..comments2023-08-16T08:44:38.912-04:00Comments on Blog of the Dormition: Heavenly MarriageJohn R.P. Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755313230578655992noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875703880331088131.post-87175960215762424762011-06-03T08:37:56.646-04:002011-06-03T08:37:56.646-04:00Michael,
Thank you for your comments. Chrysostom ...Michael,<br /><br />Thank you for your comments. Chrysostom "grew in wisdom." I very much agree.John R.P. Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755313230578655992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875703880331088131.post-28251960035387748082011-06-01T22:22:07.341-04:002011-06-01T22:22:07.341-04:00an interesting observation: in the Western Roman C...an interesting observation: in the Western Roman Catholic Church sacramentology", the priest is not the minister of the sacrament but merely an official church witness - the couple are the ministers of the sacrament, one to the other and together. In the Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church sacramentology, the priest IS the minister of the sacrament actinbg as Christ in the Church becasue the marriage takes place both here on earth and in The Kingdom at the same time. . and it is Christ who unites the couple in marriage one to the other in Himself. <br /><br />two different sacramental views of the same union. (michael g,batcho)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875703880331088131.post-82692096227651787542011-06-01T20:34:57.792-04:002011-06-01T20:34:57.792-04:00perhaps Chrysostom, as his spirritual life and tho...perhaps Chrysostom, as his spirritual life and thought evolved over time, recognized the one basi reality that is the "life-force" of both celibacy and of marriage: "love" . . . and God is Love . . . and that there is no true opposition or contradiction between marriage and love of God/commitment to God . . . <br /><br />each has it's own particular attributes and positive qualities 9as well as negatives- as far as how they help us relate to God) . . . one can free us to total concentration on God (celibacy) while the other seems to divide our atention 9i say 'seems" because the marriage relationship is always God centered in itself "the two become one flesh") . . <br /><br />i would say that Chrysostom "grew in knowlege and wisdom' . . . :) (michael g. batcho)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com