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☦ Eastern Orthodox Christianity: Excerpt from a writing by Fr. George Morelli
"The Evil One relentlessly seeks to corrupt the love of Christ. Marriage and family, because of the complexity and immediacy of the social relationship, is a fertile field for such corruption. In case we think the potential for spiritual corruption is overstated, consider that it can happen between Christ and His Church as well. St. Paul reminded the Corinthian church: "I betrothed you to Christ to present you as a pure bride to her one husband. But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ."[1 Corinthians 11: 2-3] If the Church can defile its communion with Christ, we certainly can defile our communion with one another."
[IOW, 'The Church' with its body/believers/community can be led astray by the Enemy, the Evil One, to adulterate its relationship with God. Which is what we're witnessing presently with right wing radicals using the guise of the Christian Faith to bend/corrupt solely in the name of power and riches.]