leftists. When they’re not being racist, they’re being sexist.
...but did not appoint any of them as apostles! Hmmm.
“The first-century church was inclusive and democratic, even including a proto-feminist wing and texts. The Gospel of Philip, a Gnostic text from the third century, declares of Mary Magdalene: She is the one the Savior loved more than all the disciples. Likewise, the Gospel of Mary (from the early second century) suggests that Jesus entrusted Mary Magdalene to instruct the disciples on his religious teachings.”
Why is he quoting gnostic texts to bolster his case?
I just view this as one more attack on the Church.
Mary DID love the Church just as it was when she lived and just as it is now, while she is “Queen Mother” in heaven.
Mary and the fathers of the church: the Blessed Virgin Mary in patristic thought by Luigi Gambero
Mary: mirror of the Church by Raniero Cantalamessa
Mary in the Church Today by Fr. Bill McCarthy, MSA
The sadness in her face is the sadness of longing for all Eve’s children to come to the knowledge of her Son and thereby to become her children as well.
Meanwhile, 2/3’s of the worshippers (either Catholic or Protestant) are women. Go figure.
The NYT being pro-gay and anti-Catholic?
I’m shocked!
Surely having married, divorced, and dating Priests would solve everything...../sarc
Hey NYT!
How’s that story the NYC PUBLIC SCHOOL sex scandal coming along?
Over 50 years of widespread abuse by PUBLIC SCHOOL teachers, with administrators shuffling the offenders from district to district, and not a peep from the NYT!
He quotes gospels that were never considered to be worthy of inclusion in the Bible.
These people never shut up. As a Catholic I get so irritated about it. They are trying to destroy the Catholic Church - but these folks have even bigger plans - they are trying to wipe Christianity off the face of the earth.
So do not be fooled, all you Christians of other denominations. Never forget it. The Catholic Church is the anchor of Christianity just as the USA is the fortress defending freedom. Leftists want to destroy both!
The author starts his attack on the Catholic Church with a joke about the Blessed Mother. What offensive garbage!
But the writer isn't interested in the truth. He just wants to attack the Church by any possible means. Lying is nothing new for the Old Grey Hooker.
I’m not even going to bother to read the whole thing. It’s all so transparent. The Church is NOT going to change just because ephemeral authors think it should. This isn’t the first time Catholic life has been counter-cultural. We didn’t change then and we’re not going to change now.
So has Kristof ever published an article where he discusses the shortcomings and misogyny of the Muslim faith?
Placemark to pingout.