The Latin doctors of the Church on sexuality |
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| Authors: | Joyce E Salisbury |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Health, Aging & Society, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Kenneth Taylor Hall Room 226, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M4, Canada;2. Faculty of Medicine, University of Antioquia, Cra 51d #62-29, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia;3. Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad San Sebastian, Providencia, Santiago, Chile;4. Centre for Global Health Research, St. Michael''s Hospital, 30 Bond St, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada;5. School of Health Studies, Western University, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario N6A 3K7, Canada;6. Department of Health, Aging & Society, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M4, Canada;7. School of Social Policy, HSMC, Park House, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2RT, UK;8. Section on Ethics and Health Policy, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA;9. Internal Medicine and Health Management and Policy, Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine, University of Michigan, 2800 Plymouth Road, Bldg. 14, G016, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2800, USA;10. Health Policy Program, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M4, Canada;11. Department of Health Policy Planning and Management, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda;1. Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;2. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States |
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| Abstract: | The Latin doctors of the early Church, Jerome, Ambrose and Augustine, are well known for their advocacy of virginity or chastity. Jerome was so vociferous in his praise of the virgin life that he was accused of denigrating marriage as the Manichaeans had done. Ambrose earned the title of Doctor of Virginity for his many writings on the subject, and Augustine's well-known conversion was associated with his adoption of a celibate life. The preponderance of tracts and letters on virginity and general continence within the corpus of patristic writings suggests that their view of sex might be summarized by two words: ‘avoid it’. However, the view of sexuality that shaped their visions of chastity was more complex than that, and this paper will explore the sexual beliefs that underlie such an important part of patristic writings. While they shared an advocacy of the celibate life, the three Latin doctors did not share a single view of sexuality. In fact, they represent two distinct positions on the subject. Jerome and Ambrose present one view that was shared by many of the earlier church Fathers, including Tertullian, Gregory of Nazianzen and others. Augustine represents a change in the analysis of human sexuality. |
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