DYK #ClementOfAlexandria (d.215) preached against voluntary #martyrdom because so many early Christians were doing it the church might die? Ancient Romans studied facing death all their lives & the Christian thrill in death converted many. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #HistSex

A Roman studied facing death all his life. The #Christian thrill in dying in the arena converted many. #ClementofAlexandria (d.215) had to finally preach against voluntary martyrdom because so many early Christians did it, the church could’ve died. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com

DYK 2ndC #Tertullian& #ClementOfAlexandria said #SexPlaybroke “natural law” if it couldn’t make offspring? No #QueerSex, #SoloSex, #zoophilia, #BirthControl, or sex if infertile, pregnant, or menstruating! Big mistake—animals have nonprocreative sex! HowSexGotScrewedUp.com

All our life is like a day of celebration for us; we are convinced, in fact, that God is always everywhere. We work while singing, we sail while reciting hymns, we accomplish all other occupations of life while praying. - Clement of Alexandria
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A GAY Jesus? The Forgery Accusations Behind the SECRET Gospel Was a secret, more provocative version of a gospel hidden from the public for 2,000 years? In 1958, scholar Morton Smith announced a shocking discovery: a letter from the ancient church father Clement of Alexandria containing a fragment of the Secret Gospel of Mark. This wasn't the gospel you know; it described a mysterious initiation and a story with a homoerotic subtext that threatened to rewrite our understanding of the historical Jesus. But then, the manuscript vanished. Was this one of the most important lost gospels ever found, or was it the most brilliant and audacious biblical forgery of the 20th century? Join us as we unpack the furious academic and theological debate that still rages today. We'll investigate the prime suspect: Morton Smith himself, a man who may have had the motive to orchestrate the perfect hoax just to expose the biases of his peers. We dive deep into the controversy, exploring how accusations were fueled by homophobia and why the entire debate is now seen as a "queer archive" of scholarly desire and fear. With even top scholars like Bart Ehrman on the fence, this story is more than a simple whodunit. It's a gripping mystery about a suppressed text that forces us to ask: how much of history is determined not by evidence, but by what we want to believe? If you love a good historical controversy that challenges everything, you've found your next obsession. Follow our podcast, share this episode, and join the debate over the most controversial Christian text that might have ever existed.

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DYK 1stC Emperor #Domitian had to outlaw self-castration among pagans & Christians? Too many men wanted to become Galli of or brides of Christ. In 3rd C, #ClementofAlexandria worried that the church might die of it. Ghosts of #QueerHistory still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com

DYK voluntary #martyrdom was popular among early Christians? #ClementofAlexandria (d.215) preached against it because so many did it the church could have died. But it impressed ancient Romans, who had studied facing death all their lives & converted. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com

DYK 2ndC #Tertullian& #ClementOfAlexandria said #SexPlaybroke “natural law” if it couldn’t make offspring? No #QueerSex, #SoloSex, #zoophilia, #BirthControl, or sex if infertile, pregnant, or menstruating! Big mistake—animals have nonprocreative sex! HowSexGotScrewedUp.com

It is not your outward appearance that you should beautify, but your soul, adorning it with good works. - Clement of Alexandria
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Clement of Alexandria wrote about his #distrust of writing at the #end of the #second #century. A teacher selects a pupil, a book doesn't its readers, who may be wicked or stupid. This #Platonic mistrust persist in #ClementofAlexandria.

together with the #Chaldeans and the inhabitants of #Arabia Felix (as it is called), and of #Palestine, and a considerable section of the #Persian people, and countless other peoples in addition.”

- St. #ClementofAlexandria, 'Stomateis' I.29.1; I.68.1

#CLEMENTOFALEXANDRIA ON THE INSTITUTION OF #PHILOSOPHY

"There is only one way of truth, but different paths from different places join it, just like tributaries flowing into a perennial river.

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