Homosexuality (Sodomy)
Refers to the sin of
Sodom in the Old Testament, the morally corrupt city destroyed along
with the city of Gomorrah for their immoral sins of the flesh.
References
in Scripture:
- "As Sodom
and Gomorrha, and the neighboring cities, in like manner,
having given themselves to fornication, and going after
other flesh, were made an example, suffering the punishment
of eternal fire" Jude 1:7
- "If any
one lie with a man as with a woman, both have committed an
abomination, let them be put to death: their blood be upon
them" Leviticus 20:13
- "Thou
shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind, because it is
an abomination" Leviticus 18:22
- "And the
Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrha brimstone and fire from
the Lord out of heaven. And he destroyed these cities, and
all the country about, all the inhabitants of the cities,
and all things that spring from the earth" Gen 19:24-25
- "And the
men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face
of the Lord, beyond measure" Gen 13:13
- "There
were also the effeminate in the land, and they did according
to all the abominations of the people whom the Lord had
destroyed before the face of the children of Israel" 3 Kings
14:24
- "Know you
not that the unjust shall not possess the kingdom of God? Do
not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,
Nor the effeminate, nor liers with mankind, nor
thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor
extortioners, shall possess the kingdom of God" 1 Cor 6:9-10
Church
Teaching:
- See
writings on sodomy and lust in the 1917 Catholic
Encyclopedia at
www.newadvent.org . We prefer not to repeat the contents
here.
Summary
Scripture is incredibly
clear on what God thinks of the vice of sodomy. There is no confusing
it, no true Catholic can live or condone such a lifestyle.
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