3.To give religious sanction to, as with an oath or vow:The wedding ceremony sanctifies the marriage. 4.To give social or moral sanction to:"The only books I wanted to read as a teenager were those sanctified by my elders and betters"(David Eggers). ...
However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. (Ephesians 5:22-33 ESV) We clearly see here that Paul draws an analogy to relationship between a husband and a wife and Christ and the Church. There is an implicit sexual ...
who were canonized by Pope Francis. She was the least gifted of the five Martin sisters, an emotionally disturbed child who suffered much and caused much anguish in her family.
We are correct in believing and knowing that life of the immortals is of a spiritual romantic nature of which the world of love abounds. It is the love of our humankind that has kept us alive, well, and coming to this planet repeatedly throughout time. This is a learning plane of life...
"Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the lover of self, even to the contempt of God; the heavenly by the love of God, even to the contempt of self." St. Augustine, DE CIVITATE DEI, Book XIV, Chapter 28
What if businesses, schools, governments, and the media were to give to the Bible the place it deserves? The primary purpose of Vine & Fig Tree is to bring about a Bible-believing world. That means a Bible-literate world, and a Bible-practicing world....
Instead, he describes Joseph as “the husband of Mary,” calling her “the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah” (Matt. 1:16). This distinction sets the stage for Matthew’s narrative of the events surrounding Christ’s birth, in which he underscores its miraculous nature without ...
doctrines of the indissolubility of marriage and the sin of sexual intercourse outside marriage, and, on the other hand, on the primitive idea of marriage as a contract which economically subordinates the wife to the husband and renders her person, or at all events her guardianship, his ...
God rewards obedience.Ruth experienced a long, hard season of loss. Her husband died leaving her with her mother-in-law. They were poor. They were alone. Ruth had to glean the fields (translation: harvest the leftovers) for food. She had no inheritance and was rejected by the closest rel...
Nature herself sanctifies the idea which this word represents, and exalts it to the height of a principle. The need of believing is closely linked with the need of loving; for that reason our souls need communion in the same hopes and in the same love. Isolated beliefs are only doubts:...