Posted on 09/07/2016 4:43:28 PM PDT by marshmallow
The bishop of the Catholic diocese of Parramatta has called on the church to accept homosexuality, lamenting that the faith is not a trailblazer against inequality.
Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen has gone further than the Pope, who has said God loves and accepts gay people.
Bishop Long said it was not good enough to treat gay people with compassion and then define their lifestyle as intrinsically disordered. The comments, delivered in a speech in western Sydney last month, are likely to cause consternation in the church hierarchy, which is against same-sex marriage.
We cannot talk about the integrity of creation, the universal and inclusive love of God, while at the same time colluding with the forces of oppression in the ill-treatment of racial minorities, women and homosexual persons, Bishop Long said.
It wont wash with young people, especially when we purport to treat gay people with love and compassion and yet define their sexuality as intrinsically disordered. This is particularly true when the church has not been a shining beacon and a trailblazer in the fight against inequality and intolerance.
Bishop Long was appointed by Pope Francis in May to lead one of Australias largest dioceses.
The speech is in direct contrast to the views of his predecessor at the diocese, Anthony Fisher, who is now the most senior Catholic in NSW as Archbishop of Sydney.
(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.com.au ...
Perhaps I’m old fashioned, but I’ve always believed Christians and the church should accept the Bible. If my personal preferences disagree with the Bible’s infallible guidance, I’m wrong. If we disagree, I should to the best of my ability follow the Bible and resist any desires that are not compatible with scripture.
But that’s just me. Others seem to think it’s their job to edit the Bible and correct what they see as God’s mistakes.
this is diametrically opposed to the clear Biblical teachings on the subject
as such, this Bishop should be held to answer per the Church’s Canon Law, which provides in part for the removal of church officers who (obstinately, meaning after being informed of their error continue to) deny or publicly advocate against church teachings... See Canon Law Sect. 194
his archbishop needs to give him a ring ASAP...
“It wont wash with young people...”
Well OK then, now it makes sense. The young people have weighed in.
Freegards
Bullshit from this Bishop buffoon; a fellow traveler of the schmucks who chose Pope Frankie. Yet the implications of his moral sedition is beyond this horses ass
The 4th, of the Ten Commandments, is a bedrock defining the Moral Order for Man; ordering us to honor the Father and Mother; thereby recognizing the criticality and vitality of the Family Unit as the foundation for the social order of culture and society.
As such, any attitude or behavior which harms the Family, such as abortion, homosexuality, transgenderism; among other psychoses, is anathema and haraam.
2357 Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered." They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved. |
Satan will never let up on any of us. That is the message for ALL time, not just this year, this decade or this century. The "bigoted, judgmental issue of sin" has been with humanity since Adam and Eve. It won't go away after the election either...whoever wins.
It’s my belief that some people think of the 10 commandments as the “10 suggestions.” They will meet their Makers someday, who will straighten them out...for eternity.
Or the Viet Cong.
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