Saturday, February 11, 2012


Katharine Jefferts Schori's Abandonment of Traditional Sexual Morality

Katharine Jefferts Schori's Abandonment of Traditional Sexual Morality
Presiding Bishop Misrepresents Jewish Society in the Bible

By Sarah Frances Ives
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
February 10, 2012

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori seeks to change the Episcopal Church into multi-faith centers practicing blended spiritualities.

To accomplish this, in her book The Heartbeat of God (Skylight Paths Publishing, 2011), she espouses new interpretations of the Bible, dismisses traditional law on sexual practices, and advocates the end of what she calls the "veneer of righteousness." (pp198). She offers the lofty claim that we will be at "home" if we do this.

Of course if we take away our witness of the Jewish law as well as Christian testimony, we will be in human chaos and nothingness. Let us carefully re-trace her thinking in a context of scholarly research.

Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org

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