Listen to Aristides

Aristides was an Athenian Christian philosopher who died around AD 134. He is famous for his oration before the Roman Emperor Hadrian, around AD 124 in which he defended Christianity as superior to any pagan religion.

Aristides free quotes from Romans 1 in his oration, citing male-male sex as an example of idolatry. This impacts our understanding of Romans 1:26-27.

When a native Greek speaking Christian, within 70 years of the writing of Romans, publicly identifies Paul's words in Romans 1 with pagan worship of false gods, we have a strong clue that Romans 1 is not talking about homosexuality in general.

Isn't it about time we stopped to listen to Aristides?