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Same-Sex Marriage and the Catholic Church in Europe. Any Chance for Understanding? Cover

Same-Sex Marriage and the Catholic Church in Europe. Any Chance for Understanding?

Open Access
|Dec 2021

Abstract

There is room for everyone in the Catholic Church, but there is no consent for same-sex marriage in that Church as marriage only between a baptized man and a woman is a sacrament. Same-sex marriage is inconsistent with the Holy Scripture where marriage is based on God’s natural law. This official Scripture’s interpretation results in lack of possibility to reconciliate the official teaching of the Church with the recognition of same-sex marriage. The world is moving forward and so are the opinions of Christians and their growing support for same-sex marriage. Such marriage is recognized in thirty states worldwide, including states with dominant Catholic religion. Regardless the official teaching, the Catholic Church’s position is not uniform. The paper discusses the official interpretation of the Scripture concerning homosexuals, analyses the position of the Catholic Church toward same-sex marriage and indicates differences in Christians’ attitudes with respect to same-sex couples in Western and Eastern Europe.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2021-0015 | Journal eISSN: 2199-6059 | Journal ISSN: 0860-150X
Language: English
Page range: 267 - 281
Published on: Dec 7, 2021
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
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© 2021 Elżbieta Kużelewska, Marta Michalczuk-Wlizło, published by University of Białystok
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