The Christian understanding of marriage has changed significantly over the past 2000 years. The present discussions about same sex marriage are not therefore unexpected or unprecedented. He also criticizes those who object to legal recognition by claiming that they would be forced to support something they cannot.
The Russian Orthodox Church has decided to end 50 years of dialogue with the Lutheran Church in Germany as a result of the Lutherans electing Margot Käßmann as their leader for the next six years.
To these two excellent gifts of prayer and abstinence she joined the gift of mercy. For what could be more compassionate than her heart? Who could be more gentle than she towards the necessitous? Not only would she have given to the poor all that she possessed; but if she could have done so she would have given her very self away.
After four years at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, dean and president Gary Hall has resigned to take pulpit duties at Christ Church Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills,
Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid will come into chairmanship of the Parliament following its fourth meeting in Melbourne next month.
The diocese has never before seen a woman take orders for the presbyterate; neither has it seen a female rector. All that changed today.
The bishop – soon to retire – told his synod that “no priest or group of laity has the right to take church property with them when they change denominations.”
The eschatologist known for making theologians cringe (and church library shelves groan) is penning a new series, The End.