description: Fr. John Chryssavgis is well known as a deeply knowledgeable and sensi tive interpreter of Orthodox ascetic and mystical writings. Here he turns his insight and pastoral experience to the subject of passionate love (eros) as it reﬂects, in marriage as in celibacy, the all-consuming love of God for human persons. Profoundly ecclesial in its perspective, thoroughly grounded in authentic Orthodox Tradition concerning the mystery of divine and human love, this splendid volume will nurture any Christian, married or celibate, who seeks to understand the intimate relation between chastity and passion, eros and ecstasy.Fr. John BreckSt. Sergius Theological Institute, ParisFr. John Chryssavgis has an unusual quality for a theologian. He has both a deep appreciation of the human condition, and an understanding of the social context of the present time in which the theologian is destined to reﬂ ect. At the same time, he has the knowledge of the patristic scholar, and the capacity to listen to those texts with the sensitivity of someone who has understood hermeneutics...Ron PerryInstitute of Counseling, Sydney
language: English
title: Love, Sexuality and the Sacrament of Marriage
titlecomplete: Love, Sexuality and the Sacrament of Marriage
genres: Spirituality, Marriage, Sexuality, Theology, Christianity
ratings_count: 17
publisher: Holy Cross Orthodox Press