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A HIST ANCI
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Description
Both highly praised and intensely controversial, this brilliant book produces dramatic evidence that at one time the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches not only sanctioned unions between partners of the same sex, but sanctified them--in ceremonies strikingly similar to heterosexual marriage ceremonies.
Awards
Lambda Literary Award (Nominee — 1994)
LA Times Book Prize (Finalist — History — 1994)
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