A BRIDE, A MOTHER, A HOME AND A HEARTH According to the Church Fathers one can only have God as Father by having the Church as Mother. As our Mother she makes a home for us, which, by the grace of God, is “a haven of blessing and of peace (BCP 303).” Holy Mother Church [...]
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The Bride of Christ II
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The Bride of Christ I
A BRIDE, A MOTHER, A HOME AND A HEARTH The image of the Church as the Bride of Christ calls attention to relations: our relation to God and our relation to one another. In the Form of Solemnization of Matrimony on page 303, the BCP declares that Christian matrimony is a shared state of being [...]
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