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The fifth and sixth words are Greek
and attributed to Paul of Tarsus. The first is
"Malakoi"
(Corinthians
6:9-10, King James version), meaning
soft or effeminate, and the second "Arsenokotai",
(Letter to the
Corinthians, Letter to Timothy), meaning
active male prostitute as well as abusers and
defilers of men. They have strong linkages to
the Greek "Kinodai" and Roman "Cinaedi"
with the same meanings. The second of these is
considered to be Paul's own invention in his campaign
to eradicate Paganism and establish the Christian
Church. Biblical scholars seeking to excuse Paul
of homophobia in his condemnatory use of the words
claim that they never refer to homosexuals as
a distinct class, but regardless of this when
Paul listed, in Corinthians
1, the 10 "sins" which
would exclude the "sinner" from "heaven",
he clearly states three as being firstly, those
homosexuals who practice active penetrative anal
sex, secondly those homosexuals who passive penetrative
anal sex and thirdly idolaters, including amongst
this category the male temple prostitutes well-known
in his historical period
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