Queering the church.

In more ways than one.
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That bishop lady - Katharine Jefferts Schori - she appears to be something of an apostate, along with Gene Robinson, the gay bishop guy. (Ya think?) They dress like bishops and talk like bishops and act like bishops, well, maybe not so much, since Katherine is openly expressing views contrary to Christian teaching...
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"The Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, Katharine Jefferts Schori derided individual salvation calling it 'the great Western heresy: that we can be saved as individuals, that any of us alone can be in right relationship with God.'
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In her opening address to the church's General Conference in California, Jefferts Schori said it was a "heresy" to believe that an individual can be saved through personal faith and trust in Jesus Christ acknowledged in a prayer of repentance." - Story
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Another retired woman bishop, Barbara Harris, speaking at a service presided over by Gene Robinson - the gay bishop guy - made it clear that she doesn't believe in the sacrament of matrimony.
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"Lets move on to what some people call the sacrament of marriage," she said before enlarging on the theme, "marriage is basically a civil contract" to which the Church "adds... the sacrament of blessing."
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"What right does anyone have to draw lines beyond to whom God's grace, care and favor extend," queried Harris?
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"God has no favorites. Yet again, we gather at convention to debate and resolve who should and shouldn't, who can and can't receive God's blessing." - Story
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All sarcasm and snarkiness aside, these people are apostates - they have a working theology that sounds authentic and believable, but it is erroneous and false. So why should we as Catholics care? These people are Episcopalians and protestants - it has no bearing upon Catholic teaching.

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Really?
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I'm reading Roman Catholic Archbishop Weakland's memoirs - he just might agree with these people, albeit while putting a more Catholic spin on things. If you read gay-Catholic blogs - you detect similar, if not the exact same lines of apostasy. The new sexualized theology and spirituality is badly infected and corrupted with immorality. Dressing it up in miters and vestments and Catholic jargon doesn't make it Christian.

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Interestingly enough, Mexican Cardinal Rivera, addressing a conference of exorcists in Mexico City this past week said, "that the existence of the devil must be taken as fact... Throughout human history, he recalled, “there has been a hard battle against the powers of darkness, which began at the origins of the world and will endure until the last day, according to what the Lord has said.” - Source

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Photo: Bishop Schori - doesn't she look like the one guy - Simon Helberg - from Big Bang Theory in this photo?
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(My screen has been working for awhile, so I'm posting and answering emails as best I can - the new computer arrives next week.)