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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.”

  • rootEnglish
    12·
    2 months ago

    Genesis 1:3 And God said, “Let there be light.” And light became.

    how did the Apostle John and the author of Genesis know thay light can be created from matter more than a thousand years before it was proven via colliders?

    John 1:4 Life was in Him, and Life was the light of men.

    • edible_funk@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      2 months ago

      how did the Apostle John and the author of Genesis know thay light can be created from matter more than a thousand years before it was proven via colliders?

      They didn’t? Nothing in that passage implies anything scientific or anything even about the nature of light and the relationship between matter and energy.

      • rootEnglish
        13·
        2 months 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
          2·
          2 months 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.

          • rootEnglish
            11·
            2 months ago

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

            • SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today
              1·
              9 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?

              • rootEnglish
                11·
                9 days ago

                they are different in styles because they are different people

                Yes, they are

                • SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today
                  1·
                  9 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.

      • rootEnglish
        14·
        2 months ago

        if tolkien predicted particle physics 2000+ years ago before modern colliders I would say he has a point

          • rootEnglish
            12·
            2 months ago

            it implies that light can possibly create matter

                • edible_funk@sh.itjust.works
                  2·
                  2 months ago

                  How? Be specific. Use established theological scholarly sources for your assertion. I’ve never heard anyone make this type of claim before. What denomination do you practice, and is that belief in line with your established canon?