Dialogue of Saint Andrew by Christon Salou with a homosexual

Saint Andrew through Christ Salos: While Saint Andreas through Christ Salos was sitting in front of the entrance, a young eunuch, chamberlain of a rich man, approached. His face was rosy and his skin was white as snow. He was handsome, rather blond, exceedingly soft, and reeking of long perfumes. With Epiphanius they were very dear, they were neighbors and peers. He held in his hand thirty dates that looked like dried figs. Seeing the holy man naked, he was surprised and asked in agitation: – My beloved Epiphanius, who is this? Why is he walking around naked in the unbearable cold and looking seasick? – I don't know, my friend, what to tell you. However, his mind has been captured by the wicked one and he turns into a madman. That is why all the possessed go around with torn clothes, not feeling the cold or the heat. He spoke thus because he did not wish to reveal the virtue of justice. The eunuch then calmed down, took pity on the saint as a poor man, and offered him as many dates as he had: - Accept this, for now, she told him, I have nothing else. But the holy one, who with the eyes of his mind saw the state of his soul, looked at him sharply and said to him: – Salos do not accept gifts from rosin [With this compound word the faithful means homosexuals, making a pun on the plant rosin (a type of cabbage)]. He did not understand and said: – You really are crazy. Do you see dates and call them rosin? - Go away, you fool! the blessed one answers him. Go to your master's bedroom and commit with him the abominable sin of the Sodomites, and he will give you more dates. Suffer! You do not see the rays of the kingdom of heaven. You do not know the ferocity of hell. At least your angel, who follows you like a Christian, are you not ashamed of him? Oh, if only you knew what punishment awaits you, you unclean one, who frequents secluded corners with others and does unnatural deeds, which neither dogs nor pigs nor reptiles and snakes do! Who taught you this? Pity your youth! Satan hurt you and knocked you haughtily into the trisbaths of hell. Watch out! Do not go any further, so that God does not throw fire and burn you prematurely and thus you fall from one fire to another, of hell. The eunuch heard and growled. His face turned red. – Woe to the wretch, he chanted in shame. – What happened to you, my dear? asked Epiphanius. Why did you blush and blush like that? Didn't I tell you he's crazy and says whatever he wants? However, for whatever of what you heard your conscience controls you, take care to correct it and not despise his words. You are young and Satan is awesome. He pushes us to sin not for anything else, but so that he can have us in the fire of hell and be comforted. The eunuch, after what he heard, departed. Then Epiphanius helped the saint up and they went to his room. There they found the table ready and sat down to enjoy themselves. After the meal, Epiphanius asked: – Why, my dear friend, did you speak so abruptly to my dear? – Because he is your friend, that's why I spoke to him like that. If he wasn't, he wouldn't hear a word. My purpose is not to control sinners but to run on the straight road that leads to heaven. – I also know about the eunuch, said Epiphanius. But since the poor man is a slave and is pressed by his master, what can he do? – I know, said the saint, I understand his position. But the slave must serve his master only in his material needs, not in the works of the devil and his dishonorable actions, and indeed in this cursed, heinous sin that we do not even find in animals! So why should man not feel the stench of this impurity and not abhor it? – When the master, said Epiphanius again, orders the slave to do some service whether physical or spiritual or even sinful, and he does not obey, do you know then what curses await him, what wood, what threats and how many other sufferings? – This, my child, is the martyrdom of Christ. This is what the Lord meant when he said: "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 5:10). If the slaves do not yield to their masters' sordid sodomy desire, blessed and wretched are they, for the tortures they will suffer will rank them among the martyrs' choir