Sunday, 1st October, 2006

Scripture: Source of Christian Theology

It’s been a busy week. What with chaplaincy, training, Kiaros, Holy Trinity placement, work, and family. At least I have found a few minutes to do my journal.

I was really surprised in the lecture at the strong feminist reactions that were raised. “Lies in the Bible” was one response. “It wasn’t included because it was written by a woman”, was another statement made about Mary’s Gnostic (fuller Coptic version) gospel. They felt it should be added because it was supposedly from a woman’s viewpoint and for the sake of sexual equality.

There is plenty of evidence to state it is clearly written at least 200 years after the latest of the four Gospels, and is clearly written for the Gnostic movement that threatened the divinity of Christ. The fact that “men” made the decision not to add Gnostic texts to the canon, is circumstantial.

The gender issue tainted much of the lecture and the discussion at break time when I was more interested in discussing the validity, than political correctness.

I really need to read up more feminine theology and study in more detail, this has really opened my eyes.