Liber Gomorrhianus
Liber Gomorrhianus , Latin Book of Gomorrah , is a work of St. Peter Damian from the year 1049, in which he demanded severe penalties for the " vita [...] spurcissima [...] " ("the most perverse life") of some clerics , especially those practicing pederasty at the papal court . It was Pope Leo IX. dedicated.
He wrote the letter Ad splendidum nitentis [pudicicie torum] to Damian , in which he expressly praised the work (“ Nostro iudicio placui [t] quaecumque continet ipse libellus ”, “Everything that this same writing contains”) pleased our judgment. This letter also contained the penalties required by Damian for masturbation, sexual manual gratification by others, intercourse between the thighs, and the execution of the act. For the first three offenses Leo grants the possibility of repentance and subsequent return to the clergy, provided that these were not committed permanently and not together with several people; However, if the offenses are carried out in groups for a longer period of time or in the event of vaginal or anal fornication, re-entry into the clergy should no longer be permitted. Thereafter, under threat of loss of position, it is forbidden to speak against this decree of apostolic penal provision. This decree preceded the work.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Denzinger-Hünermann 687
- ^ DH 688
- ↑ 37 DH, p. 312