John Henry Newman, a 19th-century Brish scholar, theologian and rdal, was nonized by the Pope as a Roman Catholic sat amid rampant speculatn that he was gay. Newman had a "romantic iendship" wh Ambrose St. John. The two prits lived together for 32 years and share the same grave. Vatin officials opened their grave 2008 an effort to separate them for Newman’s beatifitn, but nothg remaed that uld be divid. His feast day is Feb. 21 the Epispal church, Aug. 11 the Anglin tradn and Oct. 9 the Catholic church.
Contents:
- ST. JOHN HENRY NEWMAN: THE FIRST OPENLY GAY CATHOLIC SAT?
- GAY SAT JOHN HENRY NEWMAN AND HIS “EARTHLY LIGHT” AMBROSE ST. JOHN SHARED ROMANTIC IENDSHIP
- FD GAY-IENDLY MASSAGE THERAPISTS AND SERVIC.
- SAT JOHN'S ONLY GAY BAR CLOSG
- GAYS AND THE SEMARY
- HE WAS A GAY MAN ON STAFF AT A CATHOLIC PARISH. THEN THE THREATS BEGAN COMG IN.
- SAN DIEGO PARISH TO HOLD PRO-GAY MASS
- DR. MARY ST. JOHN GAY
ST. JOHN HENRY NEWMAN: THE FIRST OPENLY GAY CATHOLIC SAT?
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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 SAT JOHN HENRY NEWMAN AND HIS “EARTHLY LIGHT” AMBROSE ST. JOHN SHARED ROMANTIC IENDSHIP
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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.
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.
FD GAY-IENDLY MASSAGE THERAPISTS AND SERVIC.
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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.
SAT JOHN'S ONLY GAY BAR CLOSG
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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. 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.
” In the 21st century world, there is an unspoken expectatn afoot that to be “openly gay” means havg ma some very public statements about one’s orientatn and inty. Fally, if we of Newman as the first openly gay sat, we also have to look at what we mean by “first”?
GAYS AND THE SEMARY
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Yet, I thk a good se n be ma for Newman beg the “first openly gay” Catholic sat for the simple reason that we know so much more about him and his relatnship than we do about the other exampl. From what I know (admtedly limed), I thk the se for Newman’s openly gay inty is the strongt. His wrgs nvced historians John Boswell and Brian Patrick McGuire that Aelred was a gay man, albe one who still disuraged any sexual activy outsi the bounds of marriage.
HE WAS A GAY MAN ON STAFF AT A CATHOLIC PARISH. THEN THE THREATS BEGAN COMG IN.
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Several relig anizatn, s cludg the Natnal Anglin Catholic Church and Integry the Epispal Church the Uned Stat have regnized Aelred as the patron sat of such gay-iendly groups as the Orr of St.
SAN DIEGO PARISH TO HOLD PRO-GAY MASS
An abbot medieval France, Bernard of Clairvz mataed a lengthy personal relatnship wh the archbishop Malachy, acrdg to gay liberatn theologian Richard Cleaver. Boris would go on to hold special signifince for gay Christians bee of his apparently romantic relatnship wh his servant, Gee the Hungarian. This 16th-century Spanish sat was prone to g homoerotic imagery poetry exprsg his love of Christ, most notably his poem "On a Dark Night.
DR. MARY ST. JOHN GAY
By that terpretatn, such scripture as referenc to the disciple reclg upon the bosom of the Lord have spired homoerotic art pictg the relatnship between Christ and John as romantic. This is the view explored Martti Nissen and Kirsi Stjerna's Homoeroticism the Biblil World: A Historil Perspective. The 19th-century Brish subversive scholar was beatified 2010, spe speculatn that he may well have been gay.
Consired the ma patron sat of gays by many, Sebastian was martyred Rome the year 288 on the orrs of Emperor Dcletian. While no tal actually exist providg rmatn about Sebastian's love life or sexual orientatn, the fact so much Renaissance art picts him homoerotic pos monstrat a strong nnectn to LGBT people. Y, the Good Kg Wencls, a sat and a de, also was likely gay.
The wrgs ma reference to such classil gay figur as Adonis and Ganyme.