Posted on 01/13/2023 6:49:37 PM PST by marshmallow
The Bishop of Worcester has written an open letter to his diocese detailing why he thinks same-sex unions should be celebrated by the Church.
It comes after a number Church of England bishops declared their support for same-sex marriage last November.
Rt Rev Dr John Inge has written an open letter to the Diocese of Worcester, setting out why he believes the "celebration and honouring of monogamous, faithful same-sex relationships" is a good witness and the Church of England's teaching on the issue should change.
Last year Bishop John confirmed his support for same-sex marriage in response to a booklet published by the bishop of Oxford entitled, 'Together in Love and Faith'. On Monday, he published a document to "set out his reasoning" for this support.
Bishop John argues that scriptures need to be re-examined in the light of modern culture and science.
"Most Christians […] would consider those who hold to creationism a gift to atheists and vocal agnostics like Richard Dawkins. Those of us who accept the theory of evolution and still hold to the scriptures as being the inspired Word of God ‘containing all things necessary unto salvation’, find in the passages in question truth at least as profound as literal historical fact," he states.
"Much has been made of the analogy between the present debate over same-sex relations and the grudging acceptance by the Church of England of contraception and marriage of divorcees in church, as well as the long battle for the acceptance of women’s ministry as priests and deacons."
Bishop John claims that whilst being "bound by the scriptures", the Church interprets them through the living "application of reason and experience" and as a result it has caused him to reassess his reading of them.
(Excerpt) Read more at premierchristian.news ...
“Bishop John claims that whilst being “bound by the scriptures”, the Church interprets them through the living “application of reason and experience” and as a result it has caused him to reassess his reading of them.” Allow me to translate. “Sure the bible says some stuff, but it’s a really unpopular take, so now were going to ignore the bible and centuries of understanding and tradition so we look cool (and crazy people don’t get mad at us).”
Could be the wine. And some thirty years of being told how special they are and how ‘’oppressed’’ and entitled they are to whine and bitch and moan.
Like all liberals and doctrinally illiterate that call themselves Christian, this guy practices eisegesis rather than exegesis.
It took 600 years but making up their own C
“Church” so Henry could have an heir and Cromwell could steal the property of the Catholic Church has caught up to them.
Their theology is defective so they must stoop to sin to draw in and keep members.
Why limit his approval to monogamous only? Let group “love” bloom, and may the church bless it all. If they won’t honor God’s limits, why set bother setting their own?
And some wonder why the numbers of believers are plummeting...
There is now NO outlet for anything that resembles a code of ethics for the human race...
He’s so open minded that his brains fell out.
So C of E Bishops don’t have access to Bibles? Interesting.
It wasn’t Vatican II. This article is about the Church of England. The culprit with Protestants was the Lambeth Conference that first allowed artificial contraception. It’s been downhill for Protestants ever since.
Oddly, he didn’t believe this 20 years ago. I wonder what changed.
Paul’s letter to the Romans must be missing from the Bishop exams in the COE.
“I like to go with my feelings.”
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