" During the early Middle ages the type of 'passionate friendship' familiar to the early church was common and comprised the subject matter of much of the clerical writing, including almost all of the love poetry of the time."

"I think of your love and friendship with such sweet memeories, reverend bishop, that i long for that lovely time when i may be able to clutch the neck of your sweetness with the fingers of my desires. Alas, if only it were granted to me, as it was to Habakkuk, to be transported to you, how would I sink into your embraces,...how would I cover , with tightly pressed lips not only your eyes , ears and mouth but also your every finger and your toes, not once but to many a time"

From the head cleric in the court of Charlemagne to bishop he was friends with.

Both quotes from Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality. ( pages 188,190) Boswell, University of Chicago Press, 1980