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August 28, 2009

On not idolatrousizing the magisterium

The fundamental issue is not whether rejecting the teaching will lead to some un-weaving--even of magisterial authority--but whether the teaching is true or false.  In my judgment, the teaching is false.  Here's a citation I compiled several years ago (much has been written since):  Brian K. Blount, “Reading and Understanding the New Testament on Homosexuality,” in Choon-Leong Seow, ed., Homosexuality and Christian Community 28 (1996); Victor Paul Furnish, “The Bible and Homosexuality:  Reading the Texts in Context,” in Jeffrey S. Siker, ed., Homosexuality in the Church 18 (1994); Daniel A. Helminiak, “The Bible on Homosexuality:  Ethically Neutral,” in John Corvino, ed., Same Sex 81 (1999); Patricia Beattie Jung & Ralph S. Smith, The Bible and Heterosexism,” in Patricia Beattie Jung & Ralph S. Smith, Heterosexism:  An Ethical Challenge 61 (1993); Bruce J. Malina, “The New Testament and Homosexuality,” in Patricia Beattie Jung, with Joseph Andrew Coray, eds., Sexual Diversity and Catholicism:  Toward the Development of Moral Theology 150 (2001); Choon-Leong Seow, “A Heterosexual Perspective,” in Choon-Leong Seow, ed., Homosexuality and Christian Community 14 (1996); Jeffrey S. Siker, “Homosexual Christians, the Bible, and Gentile Inclusion:  Confessions of a Repenting Heterosexist,” in Jeffrey S. Siker, ed., Homosexuality in the Church 178 (1994).


Posted by Michael Perry on August 28, 2009 at 01:03 AM | Permalink

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