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THE BOOK OF GOMORRAH
AND
ST. PETER DAMIAN’S STRUGGLE
AGAINST ECCLESIASTICAL
CORRUPTION
Translated and Annotated, with
Biographical Introduction, by
Matthew Cullinan Hoffman
ITE AD THOMAM BOOKS AND MEDIA
NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS
www.iteadthomam.com
This work is dedicated first to the infinite and eternal God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in gratitude for the immense and
unspeakable mercy He has shown me throughout my life, and in the hope that this work might be pleasing to Him. Second,
it is dedicated to the Supreme Pontiff, Pope Francis, to all of his successors, and to all of the prelates of the Catholic
Church, that they might heed the counsel of St. Peter Damian and fulfill their solemn duty to protect and preserve the
moral and doctrinal integrity of the clergy and laity.
CONTENTS
Foreword by Cardinal Juan Sandoval Íñiguez
Acknowledgments
Introduction: St. Peter Damian’s Crusade against Ecclesiastical Corruption
Translator’s Preface
Letter of endorsement by Pope St. Leo IX
I. The beginning of the Book of Gomorrah, by the humble monk, Peter Damian
II. On the different types of sodomites
III. That excessive mercy leads superiors to not prohibit the fallen from holy orders
IV. That those who are habituated to filthy enjoyments should not be promoted to holy orders
V. Whether it is legitimate for such people to act as priests if the Church has need of it
VI. That those who seek ordination after having been involved in this vice are of a reprobate sense
VII. On rectors of the Church who are soiled with their spiritual children
VIII. Of those who confess their offenses to those with whom they have fallen
IX. Just as is the case with those who violate nuns, a prostitutor of monks must be deposed in accordance with the law
X. That both he who falls with his carnal or spiritual daughter, and he who is soiled with his penitential son, should be
accountable for the same offense
XI. Regarding apocryphal laws, in which whoever trusts, is altogether deceived
XII. The justifiable rejection of the above laws
XIII. That such mockeries are rightly excluded from the list of canons, because their authorship is uncertain
XIV. Of those who fornicate irrationally; that is, who mix with animals, or are polluted with males
XV. Of those who were once polluted either with animals or with males, or who continue to languish in this vice
XVI. Of clerics or monks who persecute males
XVII. The proper condemnation of sodomitic indecency
XVIII. A weeping lamentation over souls surrendered to the dregs of impurity
XIX. That therefore the soul should be mourned, because it does not mourn
XX. That the service of an unworthy priest is the ruin of the people
XXI. That God does not wish to receive sacrifice from the hands of the impure
XXII. That no holy offering is received by God if it is stained by the filth of impurity
XXIII. That all of the above-named forms constitute sodomy
XXIV. An exhortation to the man who has fallen into sin, that he might rise again
XXV. That for the taming of sexual desire, it should be> sufficient to contemplate the rewards of chastity
XXVI. Where the writer defends himself honorably
XXVII. Where a statement is addressed to the lord pope
Abbreviations
Select Bibliography
About the Translator
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to thank all of those mortal souls who contributed to this project, and in particular those who generously took the
time and effort to analyze my work and offer helpful suggestions, comments, and endorsements, including His Eminence Juan
Cardinal Sandoval Íñiguez, Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Msgr. Ignacio Barreiro, Executive Director of the Rome
Office of Human Life International, Dr. Joseph Shaw, Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy at St. Benet’s Hall, Oxford, Dr. Daniel
Van Slyke, Associate Professor of Theology and Associate Dean of Online Learning at Holy Apostles College, Dr. Francisco
Romero Carrasquillo, Associate Professor of Humanities at the Panamerican University, Guadalajara, Dr. Michela Ferri,
Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Holy Apostles College, and Fr. Shenan Boquet, President of Human Life International. I
wish also to thank Israel Aguilar for his excellent cover design and patient edits thereof, and April Bright and Kevin Klump for
their kind help with proofreading. Finally, I would like to express my profound gratitude to my mother, Margaret Hoffman, who
supported this project financially as well as offering her helpful expertise in English grammar and composition in the crucial
final edits to the work. Without the generous support of these individuals and many others, this work would not have been
possible.

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