“Truly, this vice is never to be compared with any other vice because it surpasses the enormity of all vices.... It defiles everything, stains everything, pollutes everything. And as for itself, it permits nothing pure, nothing clean, nothing other than filth.” ChristianPureCleanHistoricalVicesPermitStainsFilth Book:Book of Gomorrah: An Eleventh-Century Treatise against Clerical Homosexual Practices Source: Book of Gomorrah: An Eleventh-Century Treatise against Clerical Homosexual Practices
“And what more should I say since it expels the whole host of the virtues from the chamber of the human heart and introduces every barbarous vice as if the bolts of the doors were pulled out.” IfsShouldHumansHeartWholeChristianVirtueDoorsHistoricalVicesHostIntroducingShould IHuman HeartChamberBolts Book:Book of Gomorrah: An Eleventh-Century Treatise against Clerical Homosexual Practices Source: Book of Gomorrah: An Eleventh-Century Treatise against Clerical Homosexual Practices
“Nobody can fight properly and boldly for the faith if he clings to a fear of being stripped of earthly possessions.” IfsChristianFightingPossessionAvariceEarthly Possessions Author:Peter Damian