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The term comes from the Ecclesiastical Latin: peccatum Sodomiticum, or sin of Sodom and is derived from the Greek word Σόδομα Sódoma.[8] The Book of Genesis (chapters 18-20) tells how God wished to destroy the sinful cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Two angels (literally messengers) are invited by Lot to take refuge with his family for the night. The men of Sodom surrounded Lots house and demanded that he bring the messengers out, so that they can know them. Lot protests that the messengers are his guests, and offers them his virgin daughters instead, but the Sodomites threaten to do worse with Lot than with his guests; whereupon the angels strike the Sodomites blind, so that they wearied themselves to find the door. (Genesis 19:4-11, KJV)
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 21:55:29 +0000

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