Posted on 08/27/2015 4:47:39 PM PDT by BlatherNaut
On August 25, Katholisch.de, the official website of the German Bishops' Conference, published an interview with the German moral theologian Stephan Goertz concerning his new book, Who Am I to Judge? Homosexuality and the Catholic Church.
In the interview, Goertz makes the claim that homosexuality should no longer be condemned because the times have changed. In biblical times, says the theologian, "procreation was the first God-given purpose of sexuality." At that time, "sexuality had as its first purpose to secure the survival of the people"; however, "that is obviously not any more our situation, and that is since the [Second Vatican] Council also not any more our moral teaching on sexuality." ...
...Catholic commentator Mathias von Gersdorff immediately responded to this claim on his own website, taking note that Goertz's words had been published without any criticism by the German Bishops' Conference. Von Gersdorff made the following comment:
When even the Church's clear teaching concerning the Sacraments is thus put into question, then one has to ask why these theologians do not better start a new religion. At least these theologians should tell the faithful clearly and unambiguously that they strive for a radical change of the Catholic teaching on essential points.
(Excerpt) Read more at lifesitenews.com ...
Oy!
It’s called excommunication. Use it!
Holy crap
There. Fixed.
This person needs to be deposed from whatever ecclesial or academic perch he’s on, and slapped right across the face. I’d do the slapping.
The Muslims they are importing at record pace will take care of that.
Germans and other Westerners are non-breeding themselves out of existence. They place promiscuous sex above all other values, including having children.
Too literal!
"Times have changed."
Queer buggering is nasty buggering. There is no other way to describe it. I cannot fathom how any sane person could indulge in that unsanitary habit. - My mother used to say that she thought that people just simply got into a nasty “habit” and didn’t want to break it. - O.T. & N.T. both say “NO!”
Please spare me the vague language of "relationship." The disgusting acts of sodomy are sins that cry out to heaven. Nothing can change this.
Well, looks like a challenge.
If the Pope lets this slide, it will become doctrine.
The depraved ravings of a university theology professor, who isn't even an ordained priest as far as I can tell, aren't going to just "become doctrine".
How about slapping the face of Cardinal Reinhard Marx, chairman of the German Bishops' Conference, and a favorite of Pope Francis? Marx is going to Francis' next SinNod; Cardinal Burke is not.
Catholic commentator Mathias von Gersdorff immediately responded to this claim on his own website, taking note that Goertz's words had been published without any criticism by the German Bishops' Conference.
I don't know about dumping a load of overripe fruit on him, though. I'd have to look it up.
If Marx or Kasper were students in my RCIA cla, our whole teaching team would agree they are not eligible for the Sacraments and reception into the Church.
I’ve recently seen quite a few depraved ravings of a pope.
It is; until the subject incurs latae sententiae excommunication.
I wish Pope Francis would enroll in your class.
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