Your Husband Suddenly Cares About Constantinople - What Happens When One Person’s Spiritual World Changes First
Trouble in Paradise - Understanding Orthodoxy by Rethinking ... by Matthew Lyon
Episode notes
Episode 15 —
What happens when one spouse discovers Eastern Orthodoxy — and the other feels like the entire spiritual world inside the marriage suddenly changed?
In this episode, I talk honestly and humorously about the Orthodox “cage-phase,” conversion to Orthodoxy, theological rabbit holes, and what this process can feel like from the spouse’s perspective.
I discuss:
- converting from Reformed theology to Eastern Orthodoxy
- the emotional impact of spiritual change inside marriage
- why Orthodox Christianity can feel culturally overwhelming at first
- church history, liturgy, icons, incense, and theological vocabulary
- doubts about Calvinism and the Solas of the Reformation
- why many converts become intensely passionate early on
- the challenge of maintaining communion and patienc ...
Keywords
Eastern OrthodoxyCatholicismcalvinismOrthodox theologySt. Maximus the ConfessorEssence and energiesEastern Orthodoxpredestinationreformed theology