Know the Faith Quotes

“relationship of Christ and His Church with the relationship of husband and wife in the holy mystery of marriage. The implication then is that just as a married couple is “one flesh,” so is Christ with His Church, His Body. Yes, this is a spiritual reality but not an immaterial one. It is expressed and manifested and lived out in a physical and material way, like the marriage of man and woman. The spiritual unity of husband”
― Fr. Michael Shanbour, Know the Faith: A Handbook for Orthodox Christians and Inquirers