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 Gomorrah, 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 Gomorrah 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
- "And
reducing the cities of the Sodomites, and of the Gomorrhites,
into ashes, condemned them to be overthrown, making them an
example to those that should after act wickedly" 2 Peter 2:6
Church
Teaching:
- "In the
Gospel, too, Christ the Lord says: From the heart come forth
adulteries and fornications, which defile a man. The Apostle
Paul expresses his detestation of this crime frequently, and
in the strongest terms: This is the will of God, your
sanctification, that you should abstain from fornication;
Fly fornication; Keep not company with fornicators;
Fornication, and an uncleanness and covetousness, let it not
so much as be named among you; Neither fornicators nor
adulterers, nor the effeminate nor sodomites shall possess
the kingdom of God. Catechism of the Council of Trent,
The Sixth commandment, Other Sins Against Chastity Are
Forbidden
We now come to the remedies which consist in action. The
first is studiously to avoid idleness; for, according to
Ezechiel, it was by yielding to the enervating influence of
idleness that the Sodomites plunged into the most shameful
crime of criminal lust. Catechism of the Council of
Trent, The Sixth commandment, Avoidance Of Idleness
- "Therefore
it was against the lord Jesus Christ himself that they fell
into the sin of impious apostasy, the abominable vice of
idolatry, the deadly crime of the Sodomites, and various
heresies." Council of Vienne, 14th-century
- "8 Q:
Which are the sins that are said to cry to God for
vengeance?
A: The sins that are said to cry to God for vengeance are
these four: (1) Willful murder; (2) The sin of sodomy; (3)
Oppression of the poor; (4) Defrauding laborers of their
wages." The Catechism of Saint Pius X, The Vices and
Other Very Grievous Sins
- "Thirdly,
by copulation with an undue sex, male with male, or female
with female, as the Apostle states (Rm. 1:27): and this is
called the "vice of sodomy." Summa Theologica, Sins
against nature
- "Theologians
ordinarily distinguish various forms of lust in so far as it
is a consummated external sin, e.g., fornication, adultery,
incest, criminal assault, abduction, and sodomy."
Catholic Encyclopedia, Lust
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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