Familia – temelie a virtuţilor şi a legăturii indisolubile dintre soţi
The family – the foundation of virtues and indissoluble bond between spouses

Summary/Abstract: The family – the foundation of virtues and indissoluble bond between spouses. One of the many quotable passages from the writings of Saint John Chrysostom is located in his twentieth homily on Ephesians. It reads: “If we regulate our households [properly]…, we will also be fit to over see the Church,for indeed the household is a little Church. Therefore, it is possible for us to surpass all others in virtue by becoming good husbands and wives”1. Mostoften, this passage has been invoked as proof text supporting high sacramental interpretations of marriage. The aim of the present study is to demonstratehow the family, created by God, is, at the same time, the permanent source of Christian virtues and indissoluble bond between spouses. Living in obedience to God and fulfilling His will, the Christian family is the state of Christianity.

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