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| Author | Uta Ranke-Heinemann |
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| Original title | Eunuchen für das Himmelreich |
| Translator | Heinegg, Peter |
| Language | German, English, others |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Publisher | Heyne Verlag, Doubleday |
Publication date | 1988, 1990 |
| Publication place | Germany, US |
| ISBN | 3-453-16505-5 |
Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven – The Catholic Church and Sexuality[1] (original German title; Eunuchen für das Himmelreich – Katholische Kirche und Sexualität)[2] is a philosophical book by the German theologian Uta Ranke-Heinemann, first published in 1988 and translated in 1990. The book is about how sexual morality is governed by celibates in the Catholic Church, which she criticizes as misogynous. While this work represents a late 20th century view, and remains broadly relevant, in some areas material has become dated, as Pope Francis began to address some of the issues raised in this work in the early 21st century.[3]
The book's title comes from the Bible verse in Matthew 19:12, which could be translated as follows: "For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb; and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men; and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven."[4]
- ^ Ranke-Heinemann, Uta (1990). Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven – The Catholic Church and Sexuality. doubleday/Penguin USA. ISBN 0-14-016500-2.
- ^ Ranke-Heinemann, Uta (1988). Eunuchen für das Himmelreich – Katholische Kirche und Sexualität (in German). Heyne Verlag. ISBN 3-453-16505-5.
- ^ BBC Pope Francis profile
- ^ Einheitsübersetzung: "Denn es ist so: Manche sind von Geburt an zur Ehe unfähig, manche sind von den Menschen dazu gemacht und manche haben sich selbst dazu gemacht – um des Himmelreiches willen". King James Version: "For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it." [Greek original manuscript: «εἰσὶν γὰρ εὐνοῦχοι οἵτινες ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς ἐγεννήθησαν οὕτως, καὶ εἰσὶν εὐνοῦχοι οἵτινες εὐνουχίσθησαν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ εἰσὶν εὐνοῦχοι οἵτινες εὐνούχισαν ἑαυτοὺς διὰ τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν». See Matthäus