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When Brothers Dwell in Unity: Byzantine Christianity and Homosexuality
When Brothers Dwell in Unity Byzantine Christianity and Homosexuality
Author: Stephen Morris
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. Canonic...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780786495177
ISBN-10: 0786495170
Publication Date: 11/15/2015
Pages: 277
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Publisher: McFarland & Company
Book Type: Paperback
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