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(Wittenberg, Germany) Crowds gathering in front of the famous Wittenberg Cathedral watched curiously as American theologian Matthew Fox walked to the building's great wooden doors and then nailed up a challenge to the Catholic Church just as Martin Luther did in 1517.

Like Luther, Fox believes that the church is in trouble and in need of a drastic change.

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Fox and the new Pope are old opponents who had intensive debates on theological issues in the 1980s. Fox and 100 other prominent theologians were silenced by then Cardinal Ratzinger. A year later, Fox was forced to leave the Dominican Order by Pope John Paul II and subsequently converted to the Episcopal church.

"Jesus said nothing about condoms, birth control or homosexuality," says one of the Theses. Fox said it is time for Christians to choose who the Church will follow: an "angry exclusionary God or the loving God who opens the path to wisdom."

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/06/060905reformation.htm

Date: 2005-06-09 09:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jennifer-dunne.livejournal.com
Anyone who wants to read the actual 95 theses, they're at: http://www.creationspirituality.org/95Theses.pdf
(in both English and German)

Good stuff.

Date: 2005-06-10 02:12 am (UTC)

Date: 2005-06-11 08:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dcpoff.livejournal.com
The man has style.

Date: 2005-06-27 07:05 pm (UTC)

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