The movement of the early Christian church toward a more ascetic view of life and especially of sexuality was in large part a result of C.recognizing marriage as an institution that was inherently at fault theologically because of the sex relationship between the man and the woman.

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The early Christian church's movement towards asceticism and a more restrictive view of sexuality was likely a response to the excesses of hedonism in Rome at the time. Many Christians saw the Roman emphasis on pleasure and physical satisfaction as sinful and believed that a more ascetic lifestyle would bring them closer to God. There is no evidence that Jesus taught that pleasure is a sin, and the idea that marriage is inherently flawed theologically is not a commonly held belief in Christianity. There is also no evidence that the asceticism of Roman emperors played a direct role in shaping Christian beliefs about sex and pleasure.

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