This started a long time ago, when families were expected to “grant” one of their children to the church. A family might have selected an effeminate male, thinking that they’d be unlikely to produce more children or grandchildren—unknowing of the consequences to the future.
A family might have selected an effeminate male, thinking that they’d be unlikely to produce more children or grandchildren
effeminate males have long gravitated towards the clergy of all stripes, which is why for the most part the clergy was not highly thought of by other well ordered males...women, on the other hand, idealized these individuals, thus giving them station otherwise unobtainable...
it is still that way today...who runs the local parishes, men or women? Who devotes the hours and energy required to make the social club atmosphere of the modern church function, men or women? In my opinion, were it left to men to decide, going to church at all would be sporadic in quantity, and perfunctory in quality...and the old bugaboo of homosexual participation in the clergy is all the more prevalent today, and working its old black magic...