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?
- WAS CARDAL JOHN HENRY NEWMAN GAY?
- WHY JOHN HENRY NEWMAN IS NO ‘GAY’ SAT
- GAY SAT JOHN HENRY NEWMAN AND HIS “EARTHLY LIGHT” AMBROSE ST. JOHN SHARED ROMANTIC IENDSHIP
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.
WAS CARDAL JOHN HENRY NEWMAN GAY?
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.
WHY JOHN HENRY NEWMAN IS NO ‘GAY’ SAT
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.
GAY SAT JOHN HENRY NEWMAN AND HIS “EARTHLY LIGHT” AMBROSE ST. JOHN SHARED ROMANTIC IENDSHIP
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.