The Biblical Question of the Interrelation of Marriage and Carnal Lust. A Church View Based on the Works of the Ante-Nicene Fathers
https://doi.org/10.31802/BCA.2022.15.3.004
Abstract
This article touchers on one of the main problems with which married life of a person is associated. The author covers in detail the aspects of the teaching of the Ancient Church on the holiness of marriage and childbearing, pays special attention to the description of the mechanism of the lust impact on the human nature, and comes to the conclusion that it is possible to resist lust in marriage only with the gracious help of God, which teaches the true abstinence based on the dominance of the moral beginning in the human soul.
About the Author
G. Klimov
Moscow Theological Academy; Sretensky Theological Academy
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Archpriest Georgy Klimov, PhD in Theology, Associate Professor at the Department of Biblical Studies; Associate Professor at the Department of Theological Studies
Academy, Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra, Sergiev Posad 141300
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For citations:
Klimov G. The Biblical Question of the Interrelation of Marriage and Carnal Lust. A Church View Based on the Works of the Ante-Nicene Fathers. Bible and Christian Antiquity. 2022;(3):104-118. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31802/BCA.2022.15.3.004
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