And an old bate was raised once aga about the teacher who is rpected across all Christiany for his humane, ecumenil teachgs. Was John Henry Newman ‘gay’? To many Catholics, the ia uld…
Contents:
- WAS CARDAL JOHN HENRY NEWMAN GAY?
- ST. JOHN HENRY NEWMAN: THE FIRST OPENLY GAY CATHOLIC SAT?
- WHY JOHN HENRY NEWMAN IS NO ‘GAY’ SAT
- DID THE CATHOLICS NONIZE A GAY MAN?THE BATE OVER JOHN HENRY NEWMAN’S SEXUALY GO ONJONATHAN POLETTI·FOLLOWPUBLISHED I’M JONATHAN. I BLOG GOD.·5 M READ·OCT 20, 2019--4SHAREON OCTOBER 13, 2019, POPE FRANCIS CLARED THE ENGLISH CLERIC JOHN HENRY NEWMAN WAS A ‘SAT’, NEWMAN HAVG EVINTLY PERFORMED THE REQUIRED TWO POSTHUMO HEALGS.AND AN OLD BATE WAS RAISED ONCE AGA ABOUT THE TEACHER WHO IS RPECTED ACROSS ALL CHRISTIANY FOR HIS HUMANE, ECUMENIL TEACHGS. WAS JOHN HENRY NEWMAN ‘GAY’?TO MANY CATHOLICS, THE IA ULD ONLY BE HORROR AT ANYONE MAKG SUCH A VILE SUGGTN ABOUT SO FAVORED A DIVE SERVANT.JOHN NEWMAN BY ROBERT WHE THPP (1866)PRITS HAVE OFTEN BEEN THOUGHT SEXUALLY DIFFERENT.
WAS CARDAL JOHN HENRY NEWMAN GAY?
"It's not unreasonable to thk he might have been homosexual, " says the Rev. That is pecially te now, when the Vatin has orred that gay men nnot enter the prithood. Mart has no doubt that there are plenty of gay sats, which is acceptable unr church doctre.
"It is church teachg that a gay person n be holy, and a gay person n be a sat, " he says.
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. 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.
WHY JOHN HENRY NEWMAN IS NO ‘GAY’ SAT
Other scholars believe that to ll the uple gay is readg our own 21st century ias to 19th century phenomena. 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.
John were not gay bee is apparent that they were celibate. Ker’s prumptn then is that “gay” means “sexually active. 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.
DID THE CATHOLICS NONIZE A GAY MAN?THE BATE OVER JOHN HENRY NEWMAN’S SEXUALY GO ONJONATHAN POLETTI·FOLLOWPUBLISHED I’M JONATHAN. I BLOG GOD.·5 M READ·OCT 20, 2019--4SHAREON OCTOBER 13, 2019, POPE FRANCIS CLARED THE ENGLISH CLERIC JOHN HENRY NEWMAN WAS A ‘SAT’, NEWMAN HAVG EVINTLY PERFORMED THE REQUIRED TWO POSTHUMO HEALGS.AND AN OLD BATE WAS RAISED ONCE AGA ABOUT THE TEACHER WHO IS RPECTED ACROSS ALL CHRISTIANY FOR HIS HUMANE, ECUMENIL TEACHGS. WAS JOHN HENRY NEWMAN ‘GAY’?TO MANY CATHOLICS, THE IA ULD ONLY BE HORROR AT ANYONE MAKG SUCH A VILE SUGGTN ABOUT SO FAVORED A DIVE SERVANT.JOHN NEWMAN BY ROBERT WHE THPP (1866)PRITS HAVE OFTEN BEEN THOUGHT SEXUALLY DIFFERENT.
While some people thk that homophobia agast gay men om a revulsn about male sex acts, I thk that for many people the more horrifyg and sndalo phenomenon is men beg emotnally sensive, tenr, and affectnate wh one another. Of urse, such gentle and timate rpons by men is only a problem if one suffers om tense homophobia or believ the enforcement of strict genr expectatns that men should not be emotnal and rg toward one another.
William Hart McNichols, a prent-day, openly gay prit. The other issue about Newman’s sexualy om our unrstandg of what means to be “openly gay.