According to the book Sexuality and Catholicism, the church absorbed the Greek philosophy of Stoicism, which was suspicious of all forms of pleasure.
Raamatus „Seksuaalsus ja katoliiklus ” („ Sexuality and Catholicism ”) öeldakse, et kirik võttis omaks kreeka stoitsistliku filosoofia, mis suhtus halvustavalt igasugustesse naudingutesse.