Ephesians 5 (Part 2)

About this episode

The episode continues the discussion on Ephesians Chapter 5, focusing on the relationship between Christ and the Church as it relates to marriage.

Welcome to another episode of the podcast! In this episode we are continuing to examine with John Paul II the text of Ephesians Chapter 5 on the “great mystery” revealed in the Sacrament of Marriage and in the love of Christ and the Church. We will be discussing Audiences 91-93. This is a great conversation and one of the more vulnerable episodes we have had in the podcast! Enjoy! Don’t forget you can watch the podcast on our YouTube Channel! We are also on Facebook and Instagram! Follow us and share with a friend! Quotes: “...the author speaks as if in marriage also the husband were “head of his wife” and the wife “body of her husband”, as if spouses also formed an organic union.” (TOB 91:2) “...the Church is so strongly, so essentially herself in virtue of a union with the (mystical) Christ.” (TOB 91:3) “Christ and his Church thus together make up the “whole Christ” (Christus totus). The Church is one with Christ.” (CCC# 795) St. Thomas Aquinas wrote: “Head and members form as it were one and the same mystical person.” “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…

People in this episode

Host: Be Filled Podcast

Topics covered

• Ephesians
• Sacrament of Marriage
• love of Christ
• Church
• mystical union
• sanctification

Keywords

• Ephesians 5
• John Paul II
• Sacrament of Marriage
• love of Christ
• Church
• sanctification
• St. Thomas Aquinas

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Ephesians, Ephesians 5

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