Re me @40, in fairness you are probably saying that texts can obscure Jesus' thoughts and teaching and we need to filter 'obsolete' or obscure texts and make allowances etc. So we are both coming to t
Joe@37 ' obsolete text'? We are talking about a text from Matthew in the NT canon. As I undestand the parable genre, there is no difficulty with Jesus' words in this context. If I thought our Lord was
Séamus -
I confess!
I sent a link to your article to the WMoF website with a suggestion they might consider the world of families you know.
How about if everyone who reads your article would do some
Surely a mountain is being make out of a molehill?
I did not see the original booklet; I've just seen the pictures shown on http://wearechurchireland.ie/world-meeting-of-families-booklet-reprinted-mai
Thanks, Paddy. I'm always happy to share a theological reflection (not on hot button topics), and I'll be in Ireland in first half of June (contact: josephsoleary@hotmail.com)
Hi there, The thing that people occupy themselves with.In Ireland, the church in Ireland is 'heading off a cliff' and it is worried if the possibility of a same sex could appears in some literature
Correction -- "transsexuals" is going the way of "homosexuals" and expressions like "trans follk" are; more favored.The clobbering of lgbt folk is coming not so much from the mainline church teacher
Margaret, you would give up on Christianity just because of one obsolete text?Think of how gays and transsexuals feel, who are clobbered with such texts day in day out yet refuse to give up on their
Paddy @35 would you not take the Gospels rather than Leviticus as your final authority? Mining ancient texts to justify a theory while blinking away what the Gospels is clear on, is certainly an exerc
I’d be more inclined to hope that instead of wishing a dose of ‘flu on our 80 year old Pontiff that Eddie Finnegan’s hopes may be realised and that Francis will treat us to a little of his own
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February 1 2018Re me @40, in fairness you are probably saying that texts can obscure Jesus' thoughts and teaching and we need to filter 'obsolete' or obscure texts and make allowances etc. So we are both coming to t
World Meeting of Families: Who’s welcome?
February 1 2018Joe@37 ' obsolete text'? We are talking about a text from Matthew in the NT canon. As I undestand the parable genre, there is no difficulty with Jesus' words in this context. If I thought our Lord was
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February 9 2018Séamus - I confess! I sent a link to your article to the WMoF website with a suggestion they might consider the world of families you know. How about if everyone who reads your article would do some
Is the World Meeting of Families discredited?
February 11 2018Surely a mountain is being make out of a molehill? I did not see the original booklet; I've just seen the pictures shown on http://wearechurchireland.ie/world-meeting-of-families-booklet-reprinted-mai
World Meeting of Families: Who’s welcome?
February 1 2018Thanks, Paddy. I'm always happy to share a theological reflection (not on hot button topics), and I'll be in Ireland in first half of June (contact: josephsoleary@hotmail.com)
Is the World Meeting of Families discredited?
February 11 2018Hi there, The thing that people occupy themselves with.In Ireland, the church in Ireland is 'heading off a cliff' and it is worried if the possibility of a same sex could appears in some literature
World Meeting of Families: Who’s welcome?
February 1 2018Correction -- "transsexuals" is going the way of "homosexuals" and expressions like "trans follk" are; more favored.The clobbering of lgbt folk is coming not so much from the mainline church teacher
World Meeting of Families: Who’s welcome?
February 1 2018Margaret, you would give up on Christianity just because of one obsolete text?Think of how gays and transsexuals feel, who are clobbered with such texts day in day out yet refuse to give up on their
World Meeting of Families: Who’s welcome?
February 1 2018Paddy @35 would you not take the Gospels rather than Leviticus as your final authority? Mining ancient texts to justify a theory while blinking away what the Gospels is clear on, is certainly an exerc
Is the World Meeting of Families discredited?
February 11 2018I’d be more inclined to hope that instead of wishing a dose of ‘flu on our 80 year old Pontiff that Eddie Finnegan’s hopes may be realised and that Francis will treat us to a little of his own
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