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Matthew 19:12 said:
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.
With PoDs after the Council of Nicea, could Christianity have developed a tradition of castration for men joining the clergy? And to be clear, my preference is for this to be within Trinitarian Christianity, or those who recite the Nicene Creed; difficult, I realize. It may, or might not, turn into a condition of being elevated to the priesthood, but should survive as a viable and accepted (more or less) path to spiritual growth, expressing devotion to God and the Church, etc.

If such a thing can be managed to survive for at least a few centuries, what would be the effect on Christianity and western civilization?
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