>But as the preaching of the Saviour’s Gospel was daily advancing, a certain providence led from the land of the Ethiopians an officer of the queen of that country, for Ethiopia even to the present day is ruled, according to ancestral custom, by a woman. He, first among the Gentiles, received of the mysteries of the divine word from Philip in consequence of a revelation, and having become the first-fruits of believers throughout the world, he is said to have been the first on returning to his country to proclaim the knowledge of the God of the universe and the life-giving sojourn of our Saviour among men; so that through him in truth the prophecy obtained its fulfillment, which declares that Ethiopia stretcheth out her hand unto God [Psalm 68:31]—Church History, II.I.13
Acts 8
>27And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship>35Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus. 36And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?” 38And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.https://biblehub.com/esv/acts/8.htm>“No one wounded, bruised, or cut in the genitals enters into the assembly of YHWH;https://biblehub.com/parallel/deuteronomy/23-1.htm#literalWhat does this mean?
Assembly of YHWH = a synagogue. Eunuchs were not allowed in a synagogue. Castration was never outlawed. After all, at the time many people would own castrated slaves. Synagogues had strict gender segregation into male and female sections. The point was to prevent someone with an ambiguous gender from disrupting the social order.
Christian eunuchs often went to monasteries because some thought they couldn't enter a church.
