“Can the Orthodox teaching on homosexuality change too?”
he replied,
"I don’t know. It hasn’t thus far..."
The Gospel is crystal clear on homosexuality. You two better talk this over and make sure you agree whether moral theology is based on scripture and tradition or mere disciplinary canons.
Sorry that you missed Kolo's joke in that response. He was being a wise guy.
Orthodoxy has no intent on changing the clear teachings on Scripture, regardless of how many Rainbow Sash wearing protesters get refused Communion.
Good.
Now if all of Christianity including Orthodoxy has taught that contraception is morally illicit since the time of the Apostles, based on Scripture (Gen 38), Tradition and Natural Law, how is it that Orthodoxy today teaches that contraception can be morally licit (like the Protestants, starting with Lambeth in 1930.) In this regard, Kolo's comment seems to apply, "Try telling your kids, the Protestants."
How is the Orthodox position any different from conservative Protestantism?
Good.
As per St. Augustine:
"For it is illicit and shameful for a man to lie with even his lawful wife in such a way as to prevent the conception of offspring. This is what Onan, son of Judah, used to do; and for that God slew him" (cf. Gen. 38: 8-10).
Obviously, the Church Fathers saw the prohibition against contraception as SRIPTURAL. So why have the Orthodox changed a teaching of moral theology that was not merely a disciplinary canon but that was based on Scripture according to the Church Fathers?
“He was being a wise guy”
I do that a lot, Doc. It’s like a “Natural Law” for Greeks....It’s one of the reasons we are convinced we are the chief among sinners!