Author:Pope Shenouda IIIPublisher:Theological College
in Abbassia CairoPublish Year:2002Pages:97Categories:Education
and Upbringing، Family and ChildrenDescription:The book "The Spiritual & Happy Family" by Pope Shenouda III provides a profound vision for building a virtuous society. These pages compile lectures delivered in various seminars for the Bishopric of Public Services and the Family Committee of the Middle East Council of Churches, explaining that a spiritual family raises spiritual children who offer a good example to community. The text cohesively covers core topics including the ideal family, compatibility between spouses, the engagement period, extending the spirit of engagement, marriage is a responsibility, age of marriage, right and duty, church of the home, love and trust, the law of one body, the concept of one body and its family outcomes, non-interference of the two large families, agreement in faith, marriage and fasts, family and religious education, family economics,
the mother's duty in the family environment, punishment and estrangement, conditions of punishment, befriending children, respect and appreciation, and the importance of women's education, concluding that kind treatment and proper upbringing within homes protect rising generations from life's complexities.
