Friday, 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).
https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2009/08/hey-guys-lets-not-idolatrousize-the-magisterium-okay.html