Original scientific paper
Matrimony as a path to salvation in the writings of St. John Chrysostom
Stanislav Kos
; Filozofsko-teološki institut Družbe Isusove, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
The final period of dedicated pastoral and literary activity of St. John Chrysostom is designated as having taken place one thousand and six hundred years ago. We shall devote especial attention to his efforts to effect the renewal of conjugal life of those redeemed by Christ's sacrifice, but whose marriage, due to man's overflowing passions, is in constant danger of becoming, in fact, the path to the spouses' eternal ruin. The saintly bishop in speaking of matrimony stresses its dignity and honourable purpose: the procreation of the human race and particularly its role in safeguarding from those deviations to which man might be incited by his passions. He emphasizes the necessity to prepare oneself well for marriage and to foster the virtue of chastity; also, he stresses the relationship and harmony between marriage and chastity. His purpose is to render matrimony a path to eternal salvation.
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1185
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Publication date:
3.3.2003.
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