More Conservative Angst About Francis | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: The indisoluability of marriage teaching had much more to do with the equality of women in marriage, as is evidenced by Jesus' irony in talking about a wife divorcing her husband (which did not exist to the same extent as men putting away their wives). It was also about the primarcy of the family of choice over the family of origin (wondering if Jesus had some problems with Mary Magdalene's parents). It said nothing about gay marriage, but what it said about families of choice can easily be a defense of gay marriage - rather than his repetition of the passages of Genesis he cites - which were likely written during the exile. Archibold's treatment of the text shows he can proof text as well as any Protestant.
Of course, what likely scares these folks much more than marriage changes is the possibility that Francis contiues what Benedict started in the way of reaching out to Constantinople and organizing the Western Church on more national - or at least linguistic - bases. Doing so will end the impetus of Protestantism (Roman corruption), although the resulting blended national or English Church would send Archibold and EWTN into convulsions.
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