The prophet Isaiah’s story of Ahaz and Luke’s story of the persistent widow are great biblical literature for celebrating every Christmas. … Read the post listening to God & persistent asking: don’t under-interpret the Bible
Dante, Purgatorio c. 25, cites Summae Deus clementiae, but in its struggle to forgive men’s lust, it’s more closely related to Jacob wrestling at Peniel. … Read the post Dante in ring of lust saw men being purified of their sexual sins
Christian Latin hymns beautifully mix epic and ordinary, heaven and earth, in singing of Jesus’s conception, birth, and childhood with Mary and Joseph. … Read the post epic to ordinary: heaven and earth in Christian Latin hymns
Obscured through lofty, pious abstractions of modern translations, ancient Latin Christian hymns had earthy appreciation for men’s sexuality. … Read the post ancient Latin Christian hymns appreciate men’s sexuality
In 11th-century Byzantium, Symeon the New Theologian brought his masculine being, including penis, to experiencing divine eros & union with God (theosis). … Read the post Symeon the New Theologian overcame Christian gender disadvantage
Leo Steinberg’s Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and Modern Oblivion describes ostentatio genitalium, now vital for overcoming gender oppression. … Read the post ostentatio genitalium saves world from pathological gynocentrism
Jacob had simple sexuality in serving Leah, Rachel & maidservants. Christian husbands in contrast sanctify wives through their sacralizing sexuality. … Read the post sacralizing men’s sexuality: Jacob & his wives to Jesus & his church
Gabriel punished Zechariah but not Mary in response to doubts about his prophecies. Mary’s Magnificat shows sense of self, unlike Zechariah’s Benedictus. … Read the post Luke’s diptych of Zechariah & Mary shows men’s weakness
In 1 Corinthians 6:9, Paul condemned idolatry among four other types of sexual immorality. By idolatry he meant not harlotry but gyno-idolatry. … Read the post Paul condemned gyno-idolators along with fornicators & adulterers
Early in the 13th century, Jacques de Vitry drew upon castration culture to describe great harm in the relation of bishop / church and husband / wife. … Read the post it’s always men’s fault: Jacques de Vitry blamed men for castration culture