Feb 15, 2024
Erik Varden, bishop of Trondheim, Norway as
well as Trappist monk, joins the podcast to discuss his new book
Chastity: Reconciliation of the Senses.
Topics discussed include:
- Recovering the true meaning of the word
“chastity” - Continence and chastity are not the same
thing - What the Desert Fathers can teach us about
chastity - Why we need to meditate on the original
vocation of man before the Fall rather than limiting our options to
what our sinful nature is capable of - Why having a sense of dignity in one’s
masculinity or femininity helps us to be chaste - The importance of friendship between men and
women - The redirection of eros
Links
Erik Varden, Chastity: Reconciliation of
the Senses
Élisabeth-Paule Labat, The Song That I Am:
On the Mystery of Music, trans. Erik Varden
Thomas’s 3-part essay inspired by the Labat
book
