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
Interpreting Christian scripture on wide and narrow gates, Hippolytus associated the narrow gate with heaven’s gateway & the delightful grove of Aphrodite. … Read the post Hippolytus described narrow vagina as heaven’s gateway
Jesus, regarded as the Word and Spirit of God in Islam, was a prophet particularly relevant to scholars in the early Islamic world. … Read the post Jesus prophetic for scholars in early Islamic world