Akty homoseksualne w ocenie pisarzy wczesnochrześcijańskich
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2021
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Wydawnictwo KUL
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Pisarze wczesnochrześcijańscy, oprócz poruszania problemów natury doktrynalnej i egzegetycznej, wypowiadali się także na tematy etyczne, a wśród nich dokonywali oceny aktów homoseksualnych. Nie poświęcili im osobnych dzieł, raczej były to głosy okazjonalne, co nie oznacza, że w Kościele pierwszych wieków problem ten nie istniał i go bagatelizowano. Najczęściej ocena aktów homoseksualnych pojawiała się w literaturze patrystycznej w związku z komentowaniem tekstów biblijnych, w których tego rodzaju zachowania były wspominane, i zawsze była zdecydowanie negatywna. Temat ten występuje także w regułach zakonnych, w których jednoznacznie homoseksualizm był potępiany. W artykule zostaną zanalizowane teksty wybranych pisarzy Kościoła wschodniego i zachodniego, w których dokonują oni oceny moralnej aktów homoseksualnych.
The Fathers of the Church, apart from problems of a doctrinal nature, sometimes expressed their opinions on homosexual acts. They did not devote entire works to the subject, rather their views are heard as occasional voices, which does not mean that the problem did not exist or was ignored in the early Christian Church. The evaluation of homosexual acts most frequently appears in patristic literature in the context of commentary on those few biblical texts which mention such behaviors, and as such the view was always negative. Moreover, this subject occasionally occurs in monastic rules, in which homosexuality was unequivocally condemned. The present paper analyses these texts of the early Christian writers, of both the Eastern and Western Churches, which offer moral evaluations of homosexual acts.
The Fathers of the Church, apart from problems of a doctrinal nature, sometimes expressed their opinions on homosexual acts. They did not devote entire works to the subject, rather their views are heard as occasional voices, which does not mean that the problem did not exist or was ignored in the early Christian Church. The evaluation of homosexual acts most frequently appears in patristic literature in the context of commentary on those few biblical texts which mention such behaviors, and as such the view was always negative. Moreover, this subject occasionally occurs in monastic rules, in which homosexuality was unequivocally condemned. The present paper analyses these texts of the early Christian writers, of both the Eastern and Western Churches, which offer moral evaluations of homosexual acts.
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Ojcowie Kościoła, homoseksualizm, ocena moralna, natura, Church Fathers, homosexuality, moral evaluation, nature
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"Verbum Vitae", 2021, T. 39, nr 1, s. 335-351