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"When Brothers Dwell in Unity": Byzantine Christianity and Homosexuality
January 1, 2015McFarland238 pagesNo grades yet
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"In the world of early Byzantine Christianity, monastic rules acknowledged but discouraged the homosexual impulses of adult males. 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"--
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