Ephesians 5 (Part 1)

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This episode discusses the Theology of the Body and begins an analysis of Ephesians 5:21-33.

Welcome to the show! This episode we are continuing our study on Saint Pope John Paul II’s teaching of the Theology of the Body. Today we are beginning our conversation on Part Two entitled The Sacrament. The Sacrament, as we will find out, is not ONLY referring to marriage. According to JPII, the one “great sacrament” is both the union of husband and wife and the union of Christ and the Church. This episode we will discuss audiences 87-90. This is the beginning of JPII's analysis of Ephesians 5:21-33. Quotes: “Wives, be subject to your husbands as you are to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the Church, he who is the Savior of his body. And as the Church is subject to Christ, so also wives ought to be subject to their husbands in everything. And you, husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the Church and gave himself for her, in order to make her holy by cleansing her with the washing of water accompanied by the word, so as to present his Church before himself all glorious, without spot or wrinkle or anything of the kind, but holy and immaculate. In the same way, husbands have the duty to love their wives as their own body, for the one…

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Host: Be Filled Podcast

Topics covered

• Theology of the Body
• sacrament
• marriage
• Ephesians 5
• Christian teachings

Keywords

• Theology of the Body
• sacrament
• Ephesians 5
• Saint Pope John Paul II
• Christian marriage

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