Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucsd!usc!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: jhpb@granjon.garage.att.com Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Nulla Ecclesia (Re: Sola Scriptura) Message-ID: Date: 27 Jun 90 03:59:27 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: AT&T Bell Labs (Liberty Corner) Lines: 13 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu The remarks on homosexual marriage ceremonies have no basis in reality. The Irish penitentials of the 9th century or so prescribe a several year bread and water fast for someone who confesses to the sin involved here. The far older Levitical law prescribed death. Joe Buehler [I have asked the original author for his evidence. Note however that he claimed to be describing a relatively early practice, which he agreed died out. So Irish penitentials of the 9th Cent. don't necessarily show that such a practice could never have existed in the Church. But I'll be interested to see the evidence. ... --clh]