S3: (Un)Holy Bodies, (Un)Holy Minds (Cultural Christians in the Early Church)
Cultural Christians in the Early Church
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26m
Christianity challenged this use and abuse of human bodies as displays of
personal power by requiring all believers to have holy bodies and holy minds. This meant, in particular, erasing the double standard that the Roman world
had toward men’s and women’s sexuality.
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