DYK the 2nd most popular book of the 13thC was a compendium of #miracles—“The Golden Legend”? Domincan Jacobus de Voragine, the future Archbishop of Genoa, infused each tale of martyrdom & miracle w/strict new anti-sex church #doctrine. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MiracleOrLie
#MargeryKempe then wore the white habit of the chaste widow & wrestled w/her lust for attractive young men. After her husband died, she took up kissing lepers & other saintly behaviors & hired two scribes to document her life. #MiracleOrLie HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #HistSex
#StLucy’s chastity was preserved by a magical immobility. (It prevented 1,000 men & 1,000 teams of oxen from moving her.) St. George, who slew a dragon to protect a virgin princess & created a storm of fire to convert thousands to the church.
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DYK the #Vatican demands belief in medieval miracles? In one, Agnes Blannebekin (d.1315) claimed that while she was meditating on Jesus’ #circumcision, lo & behold, His sacred foreskin appeared in her mouth! Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MiracleOrLie
DYK #CatherineOfSiena claimed #stigmata, to eat only eucharist, & flagellated self 1 1/2 hours thrice a day? Starving herself gave her visions: she was sure she had coitus w/Jesus, who swapped hearts when anorexia made hers give out! HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MiracleOrLie
DYK medieval miracles sometimes took on terrifying scale? In 1494, “Diccionario de los inquisidores” claimed that everyone in the world who had #QueerSex died the moment Christ was born. #MiracleOrLie, #TrumpKKKristians pray for such #miracles today. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
During the ceremony, Christ promised that Catherine would join Him heaven. There, he promised to let her see him & "enjoy" him. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #ChurchDoctrine #MiracleOrLie
It instructed the devout to be Christ-centered, live simply, & do w/o physical pleasure of any kind. If they were very good, they could be rewarded w/the #stigmata! Many bruised themselves to proclaim their goodness. Some still do. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MiracleOrLie
DYK #CatherineOfSiena made the sanctimonious sexual claim that "Jesus came inside me"? Granted sainthood for other similar claims, it is not surprising that other pretenders would make false ones today. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
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DYK crazy #CatherineOfSiena claimed #stigmata, to eat only eucharist, & flagellated self 1 1/2 hours thrice a day? Starving herself gave her visions: she was sure she had coitus w/Jesus, who swapped hearts when anorexia made hers give out! HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MiracleOrLie
DYK the 2nd most popular book of the 13thC was a compendium of #miracles—“The Golden Legend”? Domincan Jacobus de Voragine, the future Archbishop of Genoa, infused each tale of martyrdom & miracle w/strict new anti-sex church #doctrine. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MiracleOrLie
