Pierre de Rostegny
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| - | {{Template}} | + | {{Template}}'''Pierre de Rostegny''', Lord of De Lancre, aka De Lancre (1553 - 1631) was a [[France|French]] [[jurist]]. |
| - | == Christian Sexuality == | + | In 1582 he was named judge in [[Bordeaux]], and in 1608 King [[Henry IV of France]] commanded him to put an end to the practice of [[witchcraft]] in [[Labourd]], in the French part of the [[Northern Basque Country|Basque Country]], where in three years he [[burnt at the stake]] about six hundred persons. |
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| - | Christianity supplemented the Jewish attitudes on sexuality with two new concepts. First, there was the idea that [[marriage]] was absolutely [[exclusive]] and [[indissoluble]], thereby restricting the sphere of [[sexual activity]] and eliminating the husband's ability to divorce at will. Second, there was the notion of [[virginity]] as a moral ideal, rendering marital sexuality as a sort of concession to [[carnal weakness]] and the necessity of [[procreation]]. | + | He wrote three books on witchcraft, analysing the [[Sabbath (witchcraft)|Sabbath]], [[lycanthropy]], and sexual relationships during the Sabbath. According to his opinion, [[Satan]] had little sexual intercourse with single women, because he preferred married women for that implied also [[adultery]], and the [[incest]] between mothers and sons at the end of the Sabbath was essential to give birth to demonic children, as well as a sexual act between a [[witch]] and a he-goat (believed to be Satan present at the reunion). He also thought that Satan was pleased with a clean body but not a clean (or pure) soul, inducing people to wash their body and embellish themselves with ornaments. |
| - | === Sexuality in Christian demonology === | ||
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| - | [[Christian]] demonologists agreed in the fact that sexual relationships between [[demon]]s and humans happen, but they disagree in why and how. A common point of view is that demons induce men and women to the [[sin]] of [[lust]], and [[adultery]] is often considered as an associated sin. [[Pierre de Rostegny]] supported the idea that [[Satan]] preferred to have sexual intercourse with married women to add adultery to her sins. | ||
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| - | [[Gregory of Nyssa]] said that [[demon]]s had children with women, which added to the children they had between them, contributed to increase the number of demons. | ||
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| - | It was considered that demons always had sexual relationships with [[witch]]es and [[warlock]]s in the form of [[incubus (demon)|incubi]] and [[succubus|succubae]], and some witches had sexual intercourse with a male [[goat]], as it was supported by [[Pierre de Rostegny]]. But common people, as it was believed, also were seduced by incubi and succubae, especially while they were asleep, and sometimes when they were awake, in the form of a [[beautiful man]] or woman that excited their desire to the point of not being able to resist the temptation, although the possibility of resistance always existed as asserted by Christian [[theology|theologian]]s, but the tendency to sin was stronger than their faith. [[Francesco Maria Guazzo]] offered detailed descriptions of sexual relationships between demons and humans. | ||
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In 1582 he was named judge in Bordeaux, and in 1608 King Henry IV of France commanded him to put an end to the practice of witchcraft in Labourd, in the French part of the Basque Country, where in three years he burnt at the stake about six hundred persons.
He wrote three books on witchcraft, analysing the Sabbath, lycanthropy, and sexual relationships during the Sabbath. According to his opinion, Satan had little sexual intercourse with single women, because he preferred married women for that implied also adultery, and the incest between mothers and sons at the end of the Sabbath was essential to give birth to demonic children, as well as a sexual act between a witch and a he-goat (believed to be Satan present at the reunion). He also thought that Satan was pleased with a clean body but not a clean (or pure) soul, inducing people to wash their body and embellish themselves with ornaments.
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