I know this isn’t subject to a vote, but I want to see Dame Julian of Norwich and Servant of God Dorothy Day recognized as Saints.
Also Thomas Merton and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, though I won’t hold my breath for this last one, he of the Omega Point and the Noosphere.
Day’s cause has been under consideration for decades, but only the “Servant” designation has been officially recognized.
Dame Julian is popularly venerated by Catholics and as such is frequently referred to as “Saint Julian”. Such veneration by the people is often a path to sainthood, and before the canonization process was devised, it was the only way there.
*His. We get enough heresy from the media and the National “catholic” Reporter, officially National Reporter as they lost their status as a Catholic news source in 1968, which was upheld by Rome in 2011.
I came across this quote recently: “There would need to be proof that deaconesses in the early Church fulfilled sacramental roles, like preaching and being a minister of the Eucharistic cup, in order to reinstate the practice today.”
The reason God is always described as a male is because of His origins.
The Jews were part of the Canaanite people. The Canaanite Pantheon’s “Head God” was El (as in IsraEL) and the father of some of the other Canaanite gods. He was also known as “Elhoim” as well as other names.
Now, whether you think that the people that became the Jews were able to determine El was THE GOD, the God of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity or only a pagan god that we have been worshipping all these centuries is the reader’s decision. But God did start out as the Canaanite El.
This understanding of God’s “discovery” in the Canaanite Pantheon by the Jews also explains one of the contradictions in the Bible.
In the Old Testament God is often depicted as vengeful and angry. In the New Testament God is depicted as loving and caring. This discrepancy can be understood if El, the real God was “acting out” (poor choice of words here. No offense intended) because not all of the Jewish people had yet accepted him as the only, the actual God.
By the time that the New Testament was written, that problem had been resolved and God could “relax” and show us the reality of His love. Think of it in the human terms of the relationship between parents and their surly teenage children.
I think of God the Father more as God the Parent (non-gender specific).
God the Son was definitely a dude.
I get the impression that The Holy Spirit is somehow feminine.
I have no theology or extrapolation of theology to back this up. All my formal training was two semesters in college: Old Testament and New Testament and I’ve forgotten most of it.
If there are other sentient beings in the universe, I wonder how God chooses to reveal himself (herself?) to them. After all, sexuality isn’t an inevitable outcome of evolution. These beings might have no gender or more than two genders. I doubt that they would be specifically male or female. Something to think about over this morning’s coffee.
Sisu60 almost 5 years ago
He will be in good company
jimmjonzz Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Because the Heavens need a Hostess,
Father, Son, and Holy Ghostess.
jimmjonzz Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I know this isn’t subject to a vote, but I want to see Dame Julian of Norwich and Servant of God Dorothy Day recognized as Saints.
Also Thomas Merton and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, though I won’t hold my breath for this last one, he of the Omega Point and the Noosphere.
Day’s cause has been under consideration for decades, but only the “Servant” designation has been officially recognized.
Dame Julian is popularly venerated by Catholics and as such is frequently referred to as “Saint Julian”. Such veneration by the people is often a path to sainthood, and before the canonization process was devised, it was the only way there.
Anselm the Seeker Premium Member almost 5 years ago
*His. We get enough heresy from the media and the National “catholic” Reporter, officially National Reporter as they lost their status as a Catholic news source in 1968, which was upheld by Rome in 2011.
Dani Rice almost 5 years ago
Frankly, from what I’ve read about Mother Teresa, she made a sacrilege of sainthood. She was NOT a nice person.
Hippogriff almost 5 years ago
The Septugent, the Greek translation referred to as “scriptures” in the New Testament, referred to the Holy Spirit as “Sophia”, definitely female.
Zen-of-Zinfandel almost 5 years ago
I came across this quote recently: “There would need to be proof that deaconesses in the early Church fulfilled sacramental roles, like preaching and being a minister of the Eucharistic cup, in order to reinstate the practice today.”
banjoAhhh! almost 5 years ago
The reason God is always described as a male is because of His origins.
The Jews were part of the Canaanite people. The Canaanite Pantheon’s “Head God” was El (as in IsraEL) and the father of some of the other Canaanite gods. He was also known as “Elhoim” as well as other names.
Now, whether you think that the people that became the Jews were able to determine El was THE GOD, the God of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity or only a pagan god that we have been worshipping all these centuries is the reader’s decision. But God did start out as the Canaanite El.
This understanding of God’s “discovery” in the Canaanite Pantheon by the Jews also explains one of the contradictions in the Bible.
In the Old Testament God is often depicted as vengeful and angry. In the New Testament God is depicted as loving and caring. This discrepancy can be understood if El, the real God was “acting out” (poor choice of words here. No offense intended) because not all of the Jewish people had yet accepted him as the only, the actual God.
By the time that the New Testament was written, that problem had been resolved and God could “relax” and show us the reality of His love. Think of it in the human terms of the relationship between parents and their surly teenage children.
oakie817 almost 5 years ago
Sophia is wisdom and a female noun
DanFlak almost 5 years ago
I think of God the Father more as God the Parent (non-gender specific).
God the Son was definitely a dude.
I get the impression that The Holy Spirit is somehow feminine.
I have no theology or extrapolation of theology to back this up. All my formal training was two semesters in college: Old Testament and New Testament and I’ve forgotten most of it.
If there are other sentient beings in the universe, I wonder how God chooses to reveal himself (herself?) to them. After all, sexuality isn’t an inevitable outcome of evolution. These beings might have no gender or more than two genders. I doubt that they would be specifically male or female. Something to think about over this morning’s coffee.
craigwestlake almost 5 years ago
Trump seems to think he is eligible…