Posted on 05/29/2021 3:14:36 AM PDT by marshmallow
The Roman Catholic Church in Germany ranked high on the list and the Catholic Church in Poland ranked last.
May 26, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) —The first “Rainbow Index of Churches in Europe in 2020” (RICE 2020) that ranks Christian church groups in Europe by their “LGBTI inclusivity” was released in April.
“As theologians researching inclusivity, we started with the argument that Jesus’ practice of radical hospitality and commensality sets the rule for churches on diversity, equality, and the affirmation of people of all sexual orientations and gender identities,” states the RICE research report, which was researched by the European Forum of LGBT Christian Groups (EF).
The report continues, “What are the implications of Jesus’ words and practices for inclusion in the sacraments and the ordination of clergy; the representation in leadership and decision-making in the church; the inclusivity of liturgical language; the acknowledgement of the church’s role in the discrimination toward LGBTI people?”
The Rainbow Index of Churches in Europe uses 47 indicators of LGBTI “inclusivity,” including the following:
* The Bible is not used as a normative instrument for defining gender roles and is not interpreted as a condemnation of LGBTI people or of LGBTI lived desires, sexualities, and identities.
* The church officiates ‘same-sex marriages’ and/or holds a blessing ceremony for same-sex couples.
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Why don’t these people form their own religion since they obviously don’t believe in the whole Bible? Call themselves something besides Christian. The Apostle Paul would run them out of Christian assemblies if he were here today. Many strong epistles would be written.
Very interesting. The reformed Church in Hungary was the only non-RC/Orthodox group to make the “bottom” half, and even though the German RC’s are awful, there are 9 protestant/ “Old Catholic” (who may as well be protestants) “ahead” of them, including the Anglicans and the German Lutherans, who are the “PC” flagships (PC in the table stands for Protestant Church :) .
Country outlook clearly makes a difference—notably liberal Catholic hierarchies share countries with insane PC churches, and the most Gospel oriented PC churches are in countries with the most solid RC churches.
Yes.
The Greco-Roman world was definitely LGBT friendly. Even pedophilia had been enjoyed. Killing babies - no problem!
Here came Jesus and St. Paul and said - no!
Condemnation of the Greco-Roman morals was one of the major Radical changes brought by the original Christianity. Like it or not, LGBT life style had been in collision with the Bible and the Christian Morality from the beginning.
We are basically returning to the hedonistic pre-Christian morality.
If they are a real church, they should strive for a ZERO score
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