At 03:02 PM 7/6/99 -1000, Karen Jolly wrote:
> I did track the story to Gregory the Great's Dialogues Book 1, chap.
>4, where it is a diversion in the life the saintly Equitius (tempted by
>the flesh, he has a vision in which he is made a eunuch by an angel,
>thus removing fleshly lust and temptation). As abbot, he detects the
<snip>
Is it appropriate to discuss here this religious problem with fleshly
lust? In contemporary medical practice the absence of lust for the flesh
is generally regarded as indicative of poor health.
There appears to be very considerable divergence of opinion on these and related matters between the medical fraternity and the clergy. How did the
situation stand during the medieval period?
What impact was that still having in modern times with reference, say, to Joyce's Dublin?
Thanks,
Gil
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