One Flesh: Salvation through Marriage in the Orthodox Church

One Flesh: Salvation through Marriage in the Orthodox Church[short]Author: Lawrence R. Farley, Pages: 159[ short][long] Is the Church too negative about sex? Beginning with this provocative question, Fr. Lawrence Farley explores the history of the Churchs attitude toward sex and marriage, from the Old Testament through the Church Fathers. He persuasively makes the case both for traditional morality and for a positive acceptance of marriage as a viable path to theosis. About the Author: Archpriest Lawrence

[short]Author: Lawrence R. Farley, Pages: 159[/short][long]

Is the Church too negative about sex?

Beginning with this provocative question, Fr. Lawrence Farley explores the history of the Church’s attitude toward sex and marriage, from the Old Testament through the Church Fathers. He persuasively makes the case both for traditional morality and for a positive acceptance of marriage as a viable path to theosis.

About the Author: Archpriest Lawrence Farley is the pastor of St. Herman of Alaska Orthodox Church (OCA) in Langley, B.C., Canada. He received his B.A. from Trinity College, Toronto, and his M.Div. from Wycliffe College, Toronto. A former Anglican priest, he converted to Orthodoxy in 1985 and studied for two years at St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Seminary in Pennsylvania. In addition to the Orthodox Bible Companion Series, he has also published Let Us Attend, The Christian Old Testament, Following Egeria, A Daily Calendar of Saints, and many more titles.

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