News Flash: Gene Robinson Opposes Church Discipline
News Flash: Gene Robinson Opposes Church Discipline
by Barton Gingerich
JUICY ECUMENISM
http://juicyecumenism.com/
April 28, 2013
Bishop Gene Robinson took up his pen to give Pope Francis & Co. a few pointers on church leadership. It seems unusual that an openly gay bishop who oversaw the precipitous decline of his New Hampshire diocese should offer advice to the head of the world's largest Christian communion. Citing a study that argues ex-Catholics are America's 3rd largest "denomination," Robinson (now a Senior Fellow at the Center of American Progress) analyzes the perceived ailments of Roman Catholicism in the United States.
The retired bishop opines, "Many Catholic laity are experiencing a painful disconnect between the official teachings and pronouncements of the Catholic hierarchy and what they believe in their hearts." And what do these laypeople believe? According to Robinson, many cradle Catholics want same-sex marriage, abortion, and contraception, all of which are expressly forbidden by the Vatican. These moral constraints on human morality act as levees, blocking out a flood of potential church members.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
by Barton Gingerich
JUICY ECUMENISM
http://juicyecumenism.com/
April 28, 2013
Bishop Gene Robinson took up his pen to give Pope Francis & Co. a few pointers on church leadership. It seems unusual that an openly gay bishop who oversaw the precipitous decline of his New Hampshire diocese should offer advice to the head of the world's largest Christian communion. Citing a study that argues ex-Catholics are America's 3rd largest "denomination," Robinson (now a Senior Fellow at the Center of American Progress) analyzes the perceived ailments of Roman Catholicism in the United States.
The retired bishop opines, "Many Catholic laity are experiencing a painful disconnect between the official teachings and pronouncements of the Catholic hierarchy and what they believe in their hearts." And what do these laypeople believe? According to Robinson, many cradle Catholics want same-sex marriage, abortion, and contraception, all of which are expressly forbidden by the Vatican. These moral constraints on human morality act as levees, blocking out a flood of potential church members.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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