Same-Sex Unions in Premodern EuropeKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 30 mai 1995 - 464 pagini Both 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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Pagina 147
... Serge and Bacchus , like stars shining joyously over the earth , radiating the light of . . . faith in . . . Jesus Christ , began to grace the palace . Being as one in their love for Christ , they were also undi- vided from each other ...
... Serge and Bacchus , like stars shining joyously over the earth , radiating the light of . . . faith in . . . Jesus Christ , began to grace the palace . Being as one in their love for Christ , they were also undi- vided from each other ...
Pagina 151
... Bacchus ' promise that if Serge followed the Lord he would get as his reward not the beatific vision , not the joy of paradise , not even the crown of martyrdom , but Bacchus himself , was remarkable by the standards of the early church ...
... Bacchus ' promise that if Serge followed the Lord he would get as his reward not the beatific vision , not the joy of paradise , not even the crown of martyrdom , but Bacchus himself , was remarkable by the standards of the early church ...
Pagina 155
... Serge and Bacchus were , respectively , first and second in the emperor's service . Severus even gives the same number of miles as the Greek versions that Serge was forced to run in boots with nails . On the other hand , he expands some ...
... Serge and Bacchus were , respectively , first and second in the emperor's service . Severus even gives the same number of miles as the Greek versions that Serge was forced to run in boots with nails . On the other hand , he expands some ...
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Achilles Tatius adoption ancient apostles Appendix of Translations Athenaeus Athos Basil beseech Thee blessed bride brother brotherhood ceremony of same-sex Christ Christian church cited concubinage couple CSTH didst discussion Dmitrievskij emperor English erotic Euchologion father frater friendship glory Greek Grottaferrata heterosexual marriage Holy Spirit homosexual husband Jesus John Chrysostom Latin liturgical lives Lord lover male manuscript married martyrs 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 Testament Thessalonika thine Thou thy holy thy servants tion troparion union ceremony unto Vulgate wedding wife woman women word αὐτοῖς αὐτῶν δὲ εἰς ἐν ἡμῶν καὶ Κύριε ὅτι οὐ τὰ τὰς τὴν τῆς τὸ τὸν τοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου τοὺς τῷ τῶν ὡς