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Early church members slept with ascetics to test resolve

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Early church members loved a good test of willpower. Spiritual ascetics would frequently share a bed with female virgins just to prove to the entire congregation that they could spend hours together without giving into base desires.

Early church members slept with ascetics to test resolve
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