Same-Sex Unions in Premodern EuropeBoth highly praised and intensely controversial, this brilliant book produces dramatic evidence that at one time the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches not only sanctioned unions between partners of the same sex, but sanctified them--in ceremonies strikingly similar to heterosexual marriage ceremonies. |
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... liturgical documents only ten rely on the word yάuos ; the others use oτεpávaμa or its derivatives either alone or in combina- tion with yάuoç.89 Jacob Goar , the Dominican who edited a critical edition of the Greek prayer books ...
... liturgical documents only ten rely on the word yάuos ; the others use oτεpávaμa or its derivatives either alone or in combina- tion with yάuoç.89 Jacob Goar , the Dominican who edited a critical edition of the Greek prayer books ...
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... liturgical manuscripts known . By the time 112. Grec 330 and 392 , Coislin 214. These manuscripts were , of course , not written in France , but brought to the collection of Greek liturgical documents now housed in the Bibliothèque ...
... liturgical manuscripts known . By the time 112. Grec 330 and 392 , Coislin 214. These manuscripts were , of course , not written in France , but brought to the collection of Greek liturgical documents now housed in the Bibliothèque ...
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... liturgical commemora- tion in the eyes of modern readers , to whom homosexual interest seems a singular evil , profoundly at odds with Christian teaching . Of course , Christians in the early and medieval church had profound misgivings ...
... liturgical commemora- tion in the eyes of modern readers , to whom homosexual interest seems a singular evil , profoundly at odds with Christian teaching . Of course , Christians in the early and medieval church had profound misgivings ...
Contents
Whats in a Name? The vocabulary of Love and Marriage | 3 |
For Family and Country Heterosexual Matrimony in the GrecoRoman World | 28 |
A Friend Inspired by God Same Sex Unions in the GrecoRoman World | 53 |
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Achilles Tatius adoption ancient apostles Appendix of Translations Athenaeus Athos Basil beseech Thee blessed bride brother brotherhood century ceremony of same-sex Christ Christian church cited concubinage context couple CSTH didst discussion Dmitrievskij emperor English erotic Euchologion father frater friendship glory Greek Grottaferrata heterosexual marriage Holy Spirit homosexual husband Jesus Jewish John John Chrysostom Latin liturgical lives Lord lover male manuscript married Maximian meaning medieval Middle Ages modern Nearchos noted nuptial Old Church Slavonic omits pagan Paris peace Plutarch Polyeuct prayer premodern priest refer relationship rendered rite Roman law saints same-sex union Serge and Bacchus sexual sibling Sinai term Thessalonika thine Thou thy holy thy servants tion troparion unto versions Vulgate wedding wife woman women word αὐτοῖς αὐτῶν δὲ εἰς ἐν ἡμῶν καὶ Κύριε οὐ τὰ τὰς τὴν τῆς τὸ τὸν τοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου τοὺς τῷ τῶν Ὑπὲρ ὡς
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Textbook of Homosexuality and Mental Health Robert P. Cabaj,Terry S. Stein No preview available - 1996 |