In a news article out of Vatican City yesterday, this was printed:
“On Thursday, women theologians, experts and leaders met for a one-day discussion on female leadership, asking the tough questions facing the Catholic Church on the issue. In her presentation, ordained missionary and theologian Maeve Louise Heaney questioned Catholic theology that attempts to ‘essentialize’ women. ‘They speak of complementarity and name the contribution of women as essentially different to that of men,’ she explained, ‘pitching love, spirituality and nurturing against authority, leadership and intellect.’
Heaney challenged Catholics to reconsider their idea of God and the Holy Spirit as neither male nor female, quoting her ‘yoga-loving’ niece who prays to ‘the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. And the Mother, the Daughter and the Holy Spirit.’”
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I know I normally focus on the questionable things going on in Protestantism, but this is an example of Catholic theology gone awry. It seems to me that many Protestants and Catholics are getting away from obvious Biblical teachings that have been central to Christianity for two millennia.
There are these verses:
Ephesians 4:4-6
4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.
and this verse:
Matthew 3:16,17
16 After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him, 17 and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased.”
and this verse among many others:
Matthew 28:19
“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit . . .”
No where in scripture do we see the Father described as the mother or Jesus described as the daughter.
This type of thing reminds me of 2 Timothy 4:3 which states:
“For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance with their own desires…”
Many Protestants and Catholics need to get back to the basics found in the scriptures alone. It is by grace alone, through faith alone, and in Christ alone that we are saved.
Chris Reimers
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