[ExI] Legalizing Prostitution? {Terry}

[John Grigg]

Terry wrote:
>The Pope believes only in holy matrimony not legalized prostitution or
>am I missing something?

I think if you spoke to some of his predecessors from centuries back
that you might be quite shocked at how extremely liberal they were compared
to the current Pope....

The medieval Roman Catholic Church has an interesting and at times
very contradictory relationship with the subject of prostitution.
Some Bishops with the blessing of the Church actually managed and owned
brothels!  Prostitution was seen by the Church as a "necessary evil" to keep
"wicked and sex obsessed" men from going after "decent women."  And yet,
though the institution of prostitution was often not persecuted due to this,
there were efforts to help rehabilitate individual women involved in the
profession.

I can imagine myself being reanimated in the mid 22nd century and being
shocked at how the Roman Catholic Church (and other religious
organizations) may have changed!


John
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