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Chapter Twenty-One - The Blessing of Marriage

ُبدع الإنسان على صورة الله، فكان منذ البدء زوجاً، أي رجلاً وامرأة. وكما أن الله المثلث الأقانيم لم يكن مفرداً، فكذلك الإنسان. فعقيدة الثالوث القدوس التي يعبَّر عنها بوحدة في الجوهر وتثليث في الأقانيم، هي حقيقة أساسية تعبِّر عن حقيقة الإنسان أيضاً. لذا خُلق الإنسان منذ البدء زوجاً، أي رجلاً وامرأة.

Chapter Eighteen - The Parish

The Church is formed and manifested in the celebration of the mystery of Divine Thanksgiving and our participation in it, because it is the mystery that transforms the community, that is, the parish, into a Church. In the mystery of Divine Thanksgiving, the parish is a universal Church, because Christ Himself is present in it. The faithful must know that every time they gather to celebrate the Divine Liturgy, “their Church gathers,” that is, the entire Church. Every member of the parish is a member of the universal Orthodox Church.

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