Posted on 01/07/2023 4:19:17 PM PST by Ennis85
Three bishops in the Lutheran Church of Sweden say to refuse to ordain a priest who sees marriage as a union between one man and one woman.
The bishops respond to a survey by the Swedish newspaper Syre. They indicate that they do not accept that people who oppose same-sex marriage become priests in the Church of Sweden, Varlden Idag reports.
Employability
Andreas Holmberg, a bishop in Stockholm, writes in an e-mail to Varlden Idag that he would not ordain a priest who is clear about not ordaining same-sex couples. "This is because, in practice, it would be very difficult for him to a get a priest's position in the Stockholm diocese", Holmberg explains his position to the newspaper. "As a bishop, I need to take responsibility for the employability of those who are ordained as priests."
It is highly unusual for an applicant not to want to marry same-sex couples, says bishop Mikael Mogren from Västerås to Syre. He points out that the topic of gay marriage is always discussed during the admission of a candidate. If someone remains at his traditional view of marriage and persists in not performing same-sex marriages, Mogren will not ordain him. "The answer is no."
Also, Sören Dalevi, a bishop in Karlstad diocese, says to Syre that all priests should "happily and of their own free will marry couples of different sexes as well as couples of the same sex." He stresses that this target is guiding in the admission of priest candidates. Earlier, he told Sveriges Radio that he is always very clear to new priests that his diocese performs gay marriages.
Boycott
Priest Lars Gårdfeldt, who pushes LGBT rights in the Church of Sweden, is delighted with the statement of the three bishops, Dagen writes. Gårdfeldt became well-known because, a while ago, he started a boycott of heterosexual marriages. Now, he decided to end his protest and marry heterosexual couples again, Dagen writes in another article.
The debate on ordination and possible decollarisation has been ongoing for a while already in the Church of Sweden. Less than a year ago, the bishop's meeting of the Church of Sweden declared in a statement that the church should be able to accommodate priests with different theological views on marriage, Varlden Idag writes.
Conversion therapy
However, the same-sex debate is not limited to the Church of Sweden only. Pentecostal churches in Sweden have been struggling with the same issues. Pastor Josef Barkenbom is suing the Pentecostal movement after he was dismissed as pastor from his congregation Solna Pingst at the beginning of December.
The reason given for his dismissal was “lack of work”, Dagen writes. Barkenbom had been sent away from his job for six months with 20 per cent of his salary after making a video inviting people to conversion therapy. The clip caused great upheaval, as some interpreted it as a therapy to change someone's homosexual inclinations.
Thus, some argue that the theological dispute is the real reason for Barkenbom's dismissal. Barkenbom himself justifies the court case he initiated by saying that "classical Christian faith is under attack from parts of the Free Church."
I think we hit peak clown world here.
This is not a Christian religion. It’s a Satanic Sodomite cult.
Deranged mad woke people.
The world is crazy.
God I miss the Reagan years.
I’m afraid I was too young to appreciate that era but looking back there is so much I regret taking for granted.
In a few years Swedes will be hard to find.
Mayflower, Pinta, Santa Maria time again.
there is a funny joke on YouTube short that this Englishman tells a story about this guy wanting to leave England due to the homosexual issues. The guy tells him about history and how it has gone from hanging gays, to prison, then to flogging, then to jail and fines and now no punishment at all. The guy ask him then why do you want to leave, he says, I want to get out before it becomes mandatory.
Another reason it is wise to not allow the State to control religion.
They’re not following the Bible or God’s Word.
How can they still claim they’re “Christian”?
Like we really care about the opinion of the sexually confused child sexual predators.
Another reason for the wisdom of not allowing the state to control religion.
Previous post had "Reagan" error line in it.
There is a reason why either being homosexual or supporting homosexuals in society is prominent among the fruit of being turned over to a depraved mind.
When someone claiming to be Christian displays this fruit it is a sign to those still able to see to warn them about their (the advocate of homosexuality) actual spiritual condition.
This is how it is being done in all institutions. They just do whatever they want, rules are ignored, enforcement is dared to try to stop them.
That was an old Bob Hope joke.
When California legalized homosexual marriage, he said he’d had to leave before they made it mandatory.
Islamic unchecked immigration is destroying Swedens traditional way of life, especially in the three main cities : Stockholm, Malmo, Goteborg.
I have been there many times.
If native Swedes and their perverted churches stay on their current course, the majority of future Swedes will have names like Mohammad, Ali, Barak, etc.
Tagline.
Tolerance.
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