A Gay Catholic Prit Reflects On His First Pri!
Contents:
- ST. JOHN HENRY NEWMAN: THE FIRST OPENLY GAY CATHOLIC SAT?
- GAY PRITS: BREAKG THE SILENCE
- * J. ROBERT WILLIAMS; FIRST OPENLY GAY EPISPAL PRIT
- * J. ROBERT WILLIAMS; FIRST OPENLY GAY EPISPAL PRIT
- 1ST GAY MALE EPISPAL PRIT IS ORDAED
- A GAY CATHOLIC PRIT REFLECTS ON HIS FIRST PRI!
ST. JOHN HENRY NEWMAN: THE FIRST OPENLY GAY CATHOLIC SAT?
Is he the Catholic Church’s first openly gay sat? The answer to that qutn pends on your fns of “openly, ” “gay, ” and “first.
GAY PRITS: BREAKG THE SILENCE
Many tradnalist Newman scholars refute the ia that this was a gay relatnship. Ian Ker, one of the foremost Newman scholars, says that the relatnship was not homosexual bee, by all acunts, the two were celibate. Other scholars believe that to ll the uple gay is readg our own 21st century ias to 19th century phenomena.
* J. ROBERT WILLIAMS; FIRST OPENLY GAY EPISPAL PRIT
I agree that is not right to terpret a past relatnship terms of today’s morn awarens of homosexualy. But that’s where we need to qutn what we might mean by “gay” and “openly.
* J. ROBERT WILLIAMS; FIRST OPENLY GAY EPISPAL PRIT
John were not gay bee is apparent that they were celibate.
1ST GAY MALE EPISPAL PRIT IS ORDAED
Ker’s prumptn then is that “gay” means “sexually active.
A GAY CATHOLIC PRIT REFLECTS ON HIS FIRST PRI!
Of urse, the two men uld be gay and have had a strong affectnate and timate relatnship whout beg sexually active, jt as many gay men the prithood and relig life today mata their promis and vows of celibacy. Many gay lay also live their liv by choosg not to be sexually timate wh someone.
That don’t make them ls gay. Defendg Newman’s non-homosexualy by sayg that the prit was affectnate relatnships wh both men and women tri to expla away Newman’s love for St.