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| Archbishop Antje Jackelen See more: http://evangelicalfocus.com/europe/3056/Swedish_Lutherans_will_no_longer_refer_to_God_as_Father |
Swedish Lutherans will use gender-neutral language when referring to God:
"Instead of “In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit”, priests of the Church of Sweden will now be able to use the phrase “In the name of God and the Holy Trinity”.
A spokesperson said “a wide majority of people decided on the book” during the Church Assembly meeting. Furthermore, “when liturgy is revised we also seek to use inclusive language where appropriate when referring to people”.
Archbishop Antje Jackelen is leading the Church of Sweden since 2013. “Theologically, for instance, we know that God is beyond our gender determinations, God is not human”, she told news agency TT.
The new use of language takes effect on May 20, 2018, during Pentecost celebrations.
A NATIONAL CHURCH THAT HAS LOST ITS INFLUENCE
The Lutheran Church has 6.1 Million baptised members (in a country of 10 million).
Nevertheless, official figures show that only 5% of the population goes to church regularly."
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From a reader:
In regard to Swedish Lutherans using gender neutral language when referring to
God, the new ELCA hymnal, Evangelical Lutheran Worship, does that in
providing an alternative for the greeting for settings one and two, "Blessed be
the holy Trinity, + one God who forgives all our sins, whose mercy endures
forever."
Jesus wasn't kidding when He
said that "wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction,
and many there be which go in thereat" (Mt 7,13).
