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When Brothers Dwell in Unity - Byzantine Christianity and Homosexuality (Paperback)
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When Brothers Dwell in Unity - Byzantine Christianity and Homosexuality (Paperback)
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In the world of early Byzantine Christianity, monastic rules
acknowledged but discouraged the homosexual impulses of adult
males. The admission of adolescent males as novices was forbidden.
John Chrysostom, the Archbishop of Constantinople (397-407),
virulently denounced homosexuality but was virtually the only
Byzantine cleric to do so. Canonical prohibitions of anal sex
distinguish among eight possible sexual pairings, the most
offensive being a husband-wife, the least offensive being two
unrelated males. Other forms of male-male sex were considered
little more than masturbation. Penances traditionally attached to
heterosexual sins - including remarriage after divorce or widowhood
- have always been much more severe than those for a variety of
homosexual acts or relationships. Just as Byzantine churches have
found ways to accommodate sequential marriages and other behavior
once stridently condemned, it is possible for Byzantine
Christianity to make pastoral accommodations for gay relationships.
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