Historically, a hermaphrodite was viewed by the church as the pinnacle of creation, the closest to perfection attainable in the human form.
Because men are not complete. Adam had parts removed to make Eve.
A hermaphrodite is neither gender - therefor closer to Adam, the original human, and closest to what we are supposed to be.
How this goes in the modern church, I do not know, but as it was, to marry a hermaphrodite was a blessing, and to have one in your church was likewise blessed.
2006-07-27
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