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tmcothran said:
Maybe it would be better to approach it from this perspective. Why is marriage necessary for sexual relations? What is it about sex that requires it to remain within the context of marriage only.
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Maybe it would be better to approach it from this perspective. Why is marriage necessary for sexual relations? What is it about sex that requires it to remain within the context of marriage only.
Theophorus,Theophorus said:
That is a fascinating question. I think it depends upon the type of love that exists within a marriage... and why it is inappropriate outside of marriage. What exactly is the Orthodox conception of marital love and its relation to modern romance?
Xpycoctomos,
I didn't mean by my quote to say that marriage is indissoluble because of human weakness, just to say that marriage ideally extends to the afterlife
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Oh... then what's your question? Sorry... lol
If it's, does it extend beyond the this life, then the Orthodox answer is "yes".
If it's, does it extend beyond the this life, then the Orthodox answer is "yes".
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tmcothran said:
The idea of romantic love is secondary, though this is not a simple issue. Orthodoxy does not see marriage in the same way many protestant communions do; ie. Some tend to emphasize the covenant aspect of marriage, vows and promises between to consenting adults, whereas in Orthodoxy there are no vows. The marriage is sacramental. It is what God has brought together which is stressed.
Marriage is a remedy for the human condition, which includes death. But also remember Paul's advice to the younger widows, that it is better that they remarry.
If sexual union is an expression love, then marriage is the way that leads to virtue for many reasons. But if sexual union is for the satisfying of lust, it will never be satisfied within the confines of marriage. Many other passions and virtues come into play within a marriage, and that is the point. It is a sacrament, a merciful institution that has the capicity to produce and teach virtue of all kinds. It can help us to live beyond ourselves.
Sexual fulfilment is not the apex of the marriage union, it is the base of the mountain, the 1st step towards something much deeper and meaningful.
Let no one think that we depreciate marriage as an institution. We are well aware that it is not a stranger to God's blessing....But our view of marriage is this: that, while in pursuit of heavenly things should be a man's first cause, yet if he can use the advantages of marriage with sobriety, he need not despise this way of serving the state... Marriage is the last stage or our seperation from the life that was led in Paradise; marriage is the first thing to be left; it is the first station, as it were, for our departure to Christ.
St. Gregory of Nyssa
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