familysynod2015.com

churchauthority.org

Diagram of authority structure

http://www.churchauthority.org/diagram1.asp

Profile of a new. Openness to the Spirit. Tell us what kind of Pope. Diagram of Gospel Values. Diagram on Christian Living. Authority flow between reformed structures. Structural reform will affect all key bodies in the Church. The diagram displayed below illustrates how these bodies are related. Move the cursor over the diagram to bring up detail. This website is maintained by the Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research. Visitors to this site in the recent past and online NOW (names of cities).

churchauthority.org

The Role of the Pope

http://www.churchauthority.org/blueprint/curia.asp

Profile of a new. Openness to the Spirit. Tell us what kind of Pope. The Vatican Offices in Rome. The Roman Curia is essentially the Pope's international secretariate. It should also help to implement the decisions taken by the Central Synod of Bishops. As such it has an important function. See note 1 below. However, like any other civil service, its role should not be legislative but purely executive. Members of the Curia are administrators and secretaries. See note 2 below. The college of cardinals.

churchauthority.org

Diagram of Gospel Values

http://www.churchauthority.org/values/diagram2.asp

Profile of a new. Openness to the Spirit. Tell us what kind of Pope. Authority in the Church should incorporate Gospel values. Though Church leaders will need to incorporate practices from secular management, they need to exercise their authority in a manner compatible with the ideals of the Gospel. The diagram displayed illustrates some of these values. This website is maintained by the Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research. Visitors to this site in the recent past and online NOW (names of cities).

churchauthority.org

Honesty and truth

http://www.churchauthority.org/values/liberating.asp

Profile of a new. Openness to the Spirit. Tell us what kind of Pope. Radiating a Christ who liberates. Jesus Christ liberated us from sin, but also from law. This is Paul's explicit teaching. Christ liberated us from the law. Not just the law of Moses, but from any law. For freedom Christ has made us free. Stand firm therefore and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery! If the law of Christ were. However, the reality is that present-day Catholics live again under a tyranny of law and guilt. My own im...

womenpriests.org

WOW Ottawa 2005

http://www.womenpriests.org/wow/program.asp

WOMEN CAN BE PRIESTS. Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research. Women’s Ministries in the West. Body, Sex & Gender. Women called to the priesthood. Links to related sites. Scholars Pro and Con. Fathers of the Church. Books by John Wijngaards. The Ordination of Women in the Catholic Church. No Women in Holy Orders? Women Deacons in the Early Church. AMRUTHA. What the Pope's man found out. Women’s Ministries in the West. The Body is Sacred. Ordaining women deacons (1). Ordaining women deacons (2). See ou...

thebodyissacred.org

Amrutha - model of raw female energy

http://www.thebodyissacred.org/body/amrutha.asp

AMRUTHA - a book about sexual discrimination. Ow to escape outdated Catholic teaching on sex. Regarding contraceptives and homosexuality which are still officially condemned as contrary to 'Natural Law'. A hilarious novel by John Wijngaards. Size: 5x8 inches . Buy it now as an eBook in these editions:. For iPad, iPhone, iPod. AMRUTHA is also available in its printed edition from all large booksellers. For details, click here! What a transformational book! Read the first two pages of the novel. Dr Pat Pin...

womenpriests.org

The Status of Women in Greek, Roman and Jewish Society by Elisabeth M Tetlow from 'Women and Ministry in the New Testament'

http://www.womenpriests.org/classic/tetlow1.asp

Women’s Ministries in the West. Body, Sex & Gender. Women called to the priesthood. Links to related sites. Scholars Pro and Con. Fathers of the Church. Books by John Wijngaards. The Ordination of Women in the Catholic Church. No Women in Holy Orders? Women Deacons in the Early Church. AMRUTHA. What the Pope's man found out. Women’s Ministries in the West. The Body is Sacred. Ordaining women deacons (1). Ordaining women deacons (2). Women who are called. Be one of us. Give us a donation. In the West, Egy...

thebodyissacred.org

Augustine and sex

http://www.thebodyissacred.org//origin/augustine.asp

St Augustine on sexuality. 354 - 430 AD. Augustine had led a rather dissolute life. For 9 years he belonged to the sect of Manicheans as a 'hearer'. When he converted to Christianity he renounced the dualism of the Prophet Mani. He affirmed that the male and female sexes are not evil in themselves (. 24) Also, children born from marriage, even though they result from a passionate embrace, are not evil on account of it (. 18) However, in his view, sex remained tainted with sin. 147;Seed would issue from a...

thebodyissacred.org

Masturbation

http://www.thebodyissacred.org/body/sextouch.asp

The technical term for touching oneself sexually is ‘masturbation’ which may be defined as self-stimulation to cause sexual sensations. Usually suggests that the person is manipulating his or her genitals to the point of intense pleasure or orgasm. Past views on masturbation. 1 Scriptural interpretation - Onan’s wastage of seed? Every male ejaculation releases nearly 400 million seeds and only one is necessary for fertilization. Moreover, what is condemned in Genesis 38,7-10 is not the wastage of see...

equalityforwomen.org

Gender-friendly changes in Catholic Church Law

http://www.equalityforwomen.org/documents/churchlaw.asp

Gender-friendly changes in Catholic Church Law. It should be noted that church law in the Roman Catholic Church allows women to be appointed to many tasks and this should be exploited to the full:. One of the underlying reasons for asserting that women are not equal has been the assumption that women are inferior by nature. This was intimately tied to the traditional view of Natural Law which has caused so much distress and confusion regarding Catholic sexual ethics. To be to be entrusted with a parish b...