Editing Christian attitudes to sexuality
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==History== | ==History== | ||
Early Christian writers, such as [[Tertullian]], [[Ambrose]], and [[Jerome]], taught that sex necessarily had negative aspects such as lust | Early Christian writers, such as [[Tertullian]], [[Ambrose]], and [[Jerome]], taught that sex necessarily had negative aspects such as lust. | ||
{{quote-source|The wise man should love his wife with cool discretion not with hot desire… Nothing is nastier than to love your own wife as if she were your mistress.| [[Jerome|St. Jerome]]}} | {{quote-source|The wise man should love his wife with cool discretion not with hot desire… Nothing is nastier than to love your own wife as if she were your mistress.| [[Jerome|St. Jerome]]}} | ||
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Coitus in terga — anal sex: three years (with an adult); two years (with a boy); seven years (habitual); 10 years (with a cleric)</blockquote> | Coitus in terga — anal sex: three years (with an adult); two years (with a boy); seven years (habitual); 10 years (with a cleric)</blockquote> | ||
These penalties have not been applied for centuries. However, it does illustrate the church's obsession with control | These penalties have not been applied for centuries. However, it does illustrate the church's obsession with sexual control. | ||
===Thomas Aquinas=== | ===Thomas Aquinas=== |