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NT 20.2 | Christianity Ranked Celibacy Above Marriage for 1,500 Years

For fifteen centuries, official Christian doctrine held that lifelong virginity was holier than marriage. The 'traditional family values' now synonymous with Christianity are not ancient — they emerged in 1950s America. This video traces the real history, from early ascetic texts to the Cold War nuclear family. Using the Acts of Paul and Thecla — one of the most widely circulated texts in early Christianity — we examine how celibacy and renunciation of the household were once the highest Christian ideals, and why defenders of patriarchal authority saw that message as an existential threat. Key concepts covered: • The Church's hierarchy of sexual virtue (~100–1500 CE): virginity at the top, remarriage at the bottom • The Acts of Paul and Thecla: a young woman's rejection of marriage as radical social disruption • Asceticism defined: severe self-discipline and abstention from physical pleasures for spiritual purposes • How celibacy threatened patriarchal household structure (no marriage, no heirs, no authority transfer) • The Puritan patriarchal household vs. the 1950s nuclear family — two entirely different social models • Post-WWII suburbanization, the baby boom, and Cold War politics: how Christianity fused with the nuclear family ideal • Paul in 1 Corinthians 7:38 — "He who refrains from marriage will do better" • Why the modern association of Christianity with family values is roughly 70 years old, not 2,000 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ SOURCE MATERIALS The source materials for this video are from    • 20. The "Anti-household" Paul: Thecla