What I Believe by Leo Tolstoy ~ Full Audiobook [religion]
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The Meaning of Christ's Doctrine of Matrimony
The word porneia is translated amfidellite, aobroch, adultery. This intentional perversion of the text is based on interpretation that destroys the moral, religious, grammatical and logical sense of Christ's words. I felt convinced that had the gospel been found half-burned or half obliterated, it would have been easier to discover its true meaning than it is now. In this last instance the special object of justifying the divorce of some Ivan the terrible has led to the misrepresentation of the Christian doctrine of matrimony. No sooner are all these interpretations thrown aside than vagueness and misdiness fade away. Take no pleasure in concupiscence
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