Some good news for a change

[flexibeast]

Further to my earlier post about the Vatican and Judaism, i came across this bit of encouraging news:

"Catholic Church no longer swears by truth of the Bible"

The article notes that:

the first 11 chapters of Genesis, in which two different and at times conflicting stories of creation are told, are among those that this country’s Catholic bishops insist cannot be “historical”. At most, they say, they may contain “historical traces”.

And also that:

Of the notorious anti-Jewish curse in Matthew 27:25, “His blood be on us and on our children”, a passage used to justify centuries of anti-Semitism, the bishops say these and other words must never be used again as a pretext to treat Jewish people with contempt. Describing this passage as an example of dramatic exaggeration, the bishops say they have had “tragic consequences” in encouraging hatred and persecution. “The attitudes and language of first-century quarrels between Jews and Jewish Christians should never again be emulated in relations between Jews and Christians.”

Given the ongoing upsurge in Christian fundamentalism, i feel it's good to see such statements from conservative Christians.
 

Comments

[cheshire-bitten.livejournal.com]

I know, I feel a connection to the Catholic Church because of my heritage so I was very happy to read this.

[roostersgrrl.livejournal.com]

Interesting how the church can pick and choose what it wants to allow in the Bible......now they say it's not ok to discriminate Jewish people......what about all the other discrimination that they translators of the Bible put in???

[flexibeast.livejournal.com]

Well, i imagine that, as long as it's discrimination in support of the control of women and sexuality, they'll be pretty content to leave things as they are. :-P

[flexibeast.livejournal.com]

:-) Makes a nice change, doesn't it?

[dfile.livejournal.com]

This is actually a formalisation of positions that the Catholic Church has held for some time. The curia has never regarded the Bible as the last word on anything, it would be an unacceptable limit on their power. The ultimate authority is the magisterium or teaching authority of the church, better known in earlier times as Dogma.

Would you mind if I added you. I live in Sydney and am very very interested in pro-sex activism.

[flexibeast.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay - thanks for the heads up. :-)

And please, feel free to add me - thanks. :-)