Posted on 08/27/2015 4:47:39 PM PDT by BlatherNaut
On August 25, Katholisch.de, the official website of the German Bishops' Conference, published an interview with the German moral theologian Stephan Goertz concerning his new book, Who Am I to Judge? Homosexuality and the Catholic Church.
In the interview, Goertz makes the claim that homosexuality should no longer be condemned because the times have changed. In biblical times, says the theologian, "procreation was the first God-given purpose of sexuality." At that time, "sexuality had as its first purpose to secure the survival of the people"; however, "that is obviously not any more our situation, and that is since the [Second Vatican] Council also not any more our moral teaching on sexuality." ...
...Catholic commentator Mathias von Gersdorff immediately responded to this claim on his own website, taking note that Goertz's words had been published without any criticism by the German Bishops' Conference. Von Gersdorff made the following comment:
When even the Church's clear teaching concerning the Sacraments is thus put into question, then one has to ask why these theologians do not better start a new religion. At least these theologians should tell the faithful clearly and unambiguously that they strive for a radical change of the Catholic teaching on essential points.
(Excerpt) Read more at lifesitenews.com ...
As he skips along the lavender path to hell...
Tell me it ain’t so, Joe.
“I am astonished that most of our young people, and also Catholic homosexuals who are practicing, want a relationship that lasts forever,” Marx told America. “We must begin with the main points of the doctrine, to see the dream: the dream is to have a person say, a man and woman say, ‘You and you, forever. You and you, forever.’ And we as church say, ‘Yes, that’s absolutely OK. Your vision is right!
...Black and white populism is growing in Europe. And that is the beginning, perhaps, of populism, of terrorism, that’s clear.”
....“The centre of the message is, ‘Heaven is open. Look, heaven is open. You have free entrance. Come. That is the first sermon of Jesus…Convert yourself and be confident to the Gospel. To the good news. And from this, we are celebrating. That’s the main topic. We are celebrating this in our Eucharists, and in our gatherings.” - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cardinal-hits-young-traditionalists-who-want-to-be-clear-in-their-positions
To the contrary .
It them damned PROTESTANTS fault!!!
(In before the Rome does NOTHING wrong crowd.)
It is on the German Bishops website.
My point is that if it is communicated as doctrine, it will soon be considered doctrine by those in the areas. Going back at some later time to state “This isn’t true” will either be ignored, or cause those who believe in the teaching authority of the bishops real pain.
The depraved ravings of a university theology professor, who isn’t even an ordained priest as far as I can tell, aren’t going to just “become doctrine”.
Yes...and Holy Mass wasn’t going to be abandoned by the ramblings of a few periti at the Second Vatican Council either...
It them damned PROTESTANTS fault!!!
(In before the Rome does NOTHING wrong crowd.)
Many thanks for your ungrammatical and useless post...
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