The top-down assumption has made itself ridiculous: Same-sex blessings part 3 - Flashes of Insight
James Alison
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24 April 2021
15 September 2025
Because marriage equality is so prevalent in Catholic countries, does it mean Catholic theology more than Protestant theology is more open to same-sex blessings? Intrinsic to Catholic theology is the notion that grace builds on nature and so once we work out what "is"; a homosexual person, grace flows, people flourish says James Alison. So yes is the answer. Alison says most Catholics don't derive their faith solely from the Bible; the Bible goes along with their faith and so they are not particularly worried by what the Bible says. 0:00 Introduction 00:18 Is Catholic theology more open to same-sex blessings than Protestant theology? 0:45 Catholic and Protestant theology - James Alison 3:19 Catholic and Protestant theology - Tom O'Loughlin 6:29 James Alison gives us his Flash of Insight from this conversation
