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“VATICAN CITY, June 23 (Reuters) - The Vatican on Tuesday reaffirmed a long-standing rule that only an ordained priest or ​deacon can give a sermon at a Catholic mass, ‌rejecting a request from German bishops to broaden the practice and allow sermons by women or other laypeople.”

  • root@lemmy.wtfEnglish
    01·
    1 month ago

    the Bible is in parables

    and yes, it does? Light can create, and God is the light of all men, God is the creator of all men, and God also illuminates our lives in a special way

    • edible_funk@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      1 month ago

      The new testament isn’t in parables at all. Some of the characters in the new testament use parables, but that’s not the same. And if the bible is parables, nothing in it is meant to be taken in any way literally which clearly isn’t the case. You’re taking contradictory positions. And nothing about the passage implies anything about light or physics whatsoever.

      • root@lemmy.wtfEnglish
        01·
        1 month ago

        MOST of it is in parables, the parts about Jesus and his life are personal testimonies of the disciples

        • SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today
          1·
          4 days ago

          Or not: https://factually.co/fact-checks/religion/gospels-where-written-by-whom-88e1e4

          Contemporary historians and biblical scholars tend to treat the canonical Gospels as works produced in specific first‑century Christian contexts rather than straightforward eyewitness memoirs: many scholars judge the Gospels anonymous, composed in Greek for communities across the Roman Empire, with Mark likely written first and serving as a source for Matthew and Luke (the Synoptic Problem), while John’s Gospel is notably different in style and theology.

          Are the gospels even considered part of the catholic canon?

          • root@lemmy.wtfEnglish
            11·
            4 days ago

            they are different in styles because they are different people

            Yes, they are

            • SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today
              1·
              4 days ago

              they are different in styles because they are different people Yes, they are

              That does not answer these discrepancies:

              Contemporary historians and biblical scholars tend to treat the canonical Gospels as works produced in specific first‑century Christian contexts rather than straightforward eyewitness memoirs: many scholars judge the Gospels anonymous, composed in Greek for communities across the Roman Empire, with Mark likely written first and serving as a source for Matthew and Luke (the Synoptic Problem), while John’s Gospel is notably different in style and theology.

              They were written miles and years apart from each other.