“If your spouse doesn't obey God's law, you are not excused. A wife should respect her husband even when he shows her no love, and a husband should love his wife even when she shows him no respect…
@Dgw2793@sincead33 Yes, that’s correct, there were requirements of perpetual continence among the married clergy. The legislation in the west was very clear on this
@hmkherman “So sacred was St. John's day deemed that two rival armies, meeting face to face on 23 June, by common accord put off the battle until the morrow of the feast (Battle of Fontenay, 841)”
@hmkherman “The whole liturgy of the day, repeatedly enriched by the additions of several popes, was in suggestiveness and beauty on a part with the liturgy of Christmas.”
@Quiet_Catholic@hmkherman De Sales is relatively modern. The counter reformation Catholic saints had strong devotions to St Joseph. St Francis de Sales, St Theresa of Avila etc
@orthodoxluigi You’re simply incapable of making rational distinctions here. Insofar as Muslims purport to worship the Creator of all things, that Creator is God, the sole origin of all things that are. They don’t worship Him properly, but He is the referent.
‘We must be on our guard against making comparisons between those who are still living and the saints who have gone before us, for no small error is committed if we say: "This man is wiser than St. Augustine," "He is another St. Francis or even greater,"’
St Ignatius of Loyola