Christian tradition often seems to give only grudging approval to the married life, particularly its sexual aspect.
While parts of Chrysostom\'s sermons may seem limited to his own time, the vast majority of his advice has timeless relevance for the Christian family..
Chrysostom goes on to discuss sexual relations, the mutual responsibilities of marriage, and parenting.
Inspired by the epistles to the Corinthians and Ephesians, he discusses the reasons God instituted marriage--primarily to promote holiness of the husband and wife, and only secondarily to produce children.
Although himself a monk, Chrysostom had a profound understanding of the needs of his congregation.
In these sermons of St John Chrysostom we find an important corrective to this view.
Christian tradition often seems to give only grudging approval to the married life, particularly its sexual aspect
