Church legislation in the sexual sphere
The development of church legislation regarding same-sex relationships and masturbation is a path from brief biblical prohibitions to a detailed system of Byzantine canons and subsequent integration into
The Church pushes gay people towards one-off sexual encounters
Recently, one of the hierarchs of the Orthodox Church raised a number of questions about the attitude of Orthodox Christianity towards homosexual relationships. He suggested reflecting on what
Queer Sexuality in Mythology and the Old Testament
Let’s begin with mythology, which originally formed the worldview of ancient humans. Myths were a pre-scientific form of knowledge; other “forms” simply did not exist at that time.
The demise of Sodom
This ancient settlement, 14 kilometres northeast of the Dead Sea, dates from the Chalcolithic period (around 4300-3600 BC) but its heyday came somewhat later, in the Bronze Age.
The Bible does not condemn homosexuality
Does the Bible condemn homosexuality? To begin with, homosexuality is not mentioned in the Bible at all. The Bible has no knowledge of sexual orientation in general. Sexual