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Origen (c. 185–c. 253): early Christian theologian, allegedly castrated himself based on his reading of the Gospel of Matthew 19:12 ("For there are eunuchs, who were born so from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, who were made so by men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. He that can ...
Muslim and Mongol eunuchs were present in the Ming court, [72]: 14 such as the ones captured from Mongol-controlled Yunnan in 1381, and among them was the great Ming maritime explorer Zheng He, [72]: 14ff [76] who served Yongle. [77] Muslim eunuchs were sent as ambassadors to the Timurids. [78]
The metaphor of Christians as eunuchs is found in the New Testament ("For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others — and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven", Mt 19:12). Accordingly, Christian writers often viewed male saints as ...
Castrated men were not seen as a threat, as no matter how much power they gained they could never take the throne, and numerous eunuchs were entrusted with high and confidential offices in the Byzantine court and administration. In Byzantine culture, the emperor was a reflection of heavenly authority.
Gustavson’s Eunuch Maker pay-per-view website shared footage of people undergoing “dangerous, unnecessary and life-changing surgeries” carried out in people’s homes, the court was told ...
Eusebius claims that, as a young man, following a literal reading of Matthew 19:12, in which Jesus is presented as saying "there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuch for the sake of the kingdom of heaven", [46] Origen either castrated himself or had someone else castrate him in order to ensure his reputation as a respectable tutor to ...
'The Eunuch Maker' true crime docuseries tells the story of a man who made $360,000 from livestreaming castrations. ... He made almost £300,000 ($365,000) from the website between 2017 and 2021 ...
The only males allowed inside the Forbidden City at Huế were the Emperor and his eunuchs. [54] The presence of eunuchs in Vietnam was used by the French colonizers to degrade the Vietnamese. [55] A prominent eunuch in the Nguyễn dynasty was Lê Văn Duyệt [56] [57] [58] Nguyen dynasty Vietnam recruited intersex hermaphrodites as eunuchs. [59]