Eroticism in Church
Here are two recent stories about scantily clad dancing women in church (the first Protestant, the second Roman Catholic) that you might hope are someone’s attempt at a bad joke, but unfortunately aren’t.
The first concerns the Church of the Carthusians in the south of Cologne. The original story is in German, but has been translated by Chris Gillibrand.
(I tried to choose the least offensive of the available pictures.)
A female dancer dances in a skin coloured stocking in the middle of the church in front of the altar. She crawls about on the floor and wraps herself in a hanging down white cloth.
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Nearly one thousand interested people waited outside the door of the former monastery, despite a thunderstorm—but in the end there was only room for four hundred people.
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A man came to the microphone and announced, This is an erotic church service, can you move a bit closer together, all of you. This was followed by saxophone music and dance. The vicar arrived in a black cassock and barefoot. He announced that eroticism and lust are not taboo areas pushed aside by God. In fact, “lust has to be lived out,” said Armin Beuscher, who tempered his speech immediately, by saying, “we are of course today in this service only able to implement this in a limited manner.”
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The faithful were then asked to take part in an anointing ritual in which they should massage the forehead and hands of the person sitting next to them. Some go further and embrace each other whilst others kiss. The atmosphere gets more relaxed.
Read the full story. See also Ruth Gledhill’s coverage at Times Online.
HT: WorldMag Blog
The second concerns dancing nuns at St. Francis of Mary Immaculate.
I appreciate good dancing, but, quite frankly, it’s disgraceful to see any dancing take place during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
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I am morally certain the photos are authentic. I have the names of the dancers, but because they could very well be minors, I will not publish them. Nor will I show their faces. I think it’s time that (some) Catholics get their heads out of the sand.
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A few additional details on the Mass: It was celebrated for the Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate on June 16, 2007, at 10:30 a.m. The presider was Father Charles Faso, O.F.M.
Read the whole report at CatholicCitizens.org.
HT: Michelle Malkin via Christian Research Network
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J. R. Miller
Dancing in the church is fine as long as it is done to glorify God and not glorify the human form.
Jun 26th, 2007 2:55 pm
J TRACY
Com’on JR — You’re ignoring the obvious.
The central issue was addressed in the Reformation and revolved around the question of what is an appropriate expression of worship. The Reformers recognized what came to be call the Regulative Principle which stated that right worship was not whatever we thought might be cute, but “what did God command us to do.” This is why the church has not embraced barking like dogs or jumping pews as appropriate forms of worship. The questions of appropriate expressions of worship arises as the church moves further and further from a solid biblical-theological foundation.
Jun 26th, 2007 3:51 pm
Lisa
dancing in the Roman Catholic church during the Mass is NOT fine, “glorifying God” or otherwise. This is ludacris, and another attempt by libs in the church to destroy the Catholic faith, and reinvent it in their own image. They won’t succeed.
Jun 26th, 2007 3:58 pm