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LGBTQIA+ in the Church
Faith Adjacent
The History of Same Sex Intercourse
In the 6th century emperor Justinian, his historian, Procopios, he said he wrote that Justinian passed legislation against same sex relations only to persecute certain political enemies. The Russian Orthodox Church from the 11th to the 17th centuries, they had a liturgical rite called bradavarini which united two men as quote brothers. And culturally, it was always associated with marriage. So we're now at now the Catholic cataclysm teaches that desiring others of the same sex is not simple, but acting on those desires is just as a quick reminder.
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