GENDERS AND ORIENTATIONS |
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"Everything is allowed to me, but not everything is beneficial to me"
(! Cor.6:12)
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The Church
converses with the world, the people - those both near and far, about
their concerns and their problems – but
only
from within Her theology, which
is comprised of the consensus patrum - that is, the common agreement
amongst all the Fathers which has been formulated Synodically, but also
keeping in mind the Scientific information of our time. Therefore it is
not about arbitrary and individual interpretations by each and every
individual.
One of the
prominent issues discussed especially nowadays is the topic of
homosexuality, and we are pressed every time by those who ask, to
express the Church's pertinent teaching.
However, this subject happens to be both simple
and multi-faceted. It is simple, because when referring to “mankind”,
during Creation it was fashioned with two genders: male and female.
And it is multi-faceted, because many and varied are the sexual orientations that have now made their
appearance, because of vices (passions) and deviations in the movements
of
people's
spiritual and corporeal energies.
On the part
of biology, we know that in the human body there are somatic cells (of
the body) and genetic cells (of reproduction). The genetic cells by
which biological life is transferred from generation to generation arise
through the process of meiosis (reduction). In amphigenic reproduction
with fertilization and subsequent cell divisions, with the process of
mitosis (prophase, anaphase, metaphase, telophase) a new DNA is created
(23 chromosomes from the father and 23 from the mother), which - with
the chromosomes, genes, hormones, glands, organs – all determine the
gender, in an amazing process.
Thus, the
biological configuration of a person’s gender is one thing,
as it occurs immediately upon conception and develops in compliance with
the chromosomes, genes and hormones that exist, and also develops the
respective organs (with the exception of occasional genetic
aberrations); but gender identity, which takes place
around the age of three is another thing, as is “gender dysphoria”,
which follows after the aforementioned
points.
This
indicates that gender identity and gender dysphoria are attributable to
psychological, intra-familial and social factors, given that a very
small percentage
can be attributable to genetic changes.
The Pastors
of the Church, who are knowledgeable both in theology and the
biological-psychological and social impacts on people, are called upon
to pastorally help all
persons with the issues that preoccupy them. The
work of the Church is pastoral, therapeutic, and not prosecutorial. They
practice pastoral care for both the catechized and the faithful, for the
unwed and the
wed, for God believers and atheists, and for
heterosexuals and homosexuals.
The Church is
a pastoral clinic that heals people, so that their mental and physical
powers can act positively and not negatively. As mentioned above, every
person may have various 'sexual orientations' depending on their
predisposition and the influences they
have embraced from the environment;
however, everyone should respect society as a whole, and not provoke it
in any arrogant manner. Everyone is free to make choices*, but they should not seek to impose them as models/ideals on all of society; instead, they should preferably abide by the rule as seen in the 'Declaration of the Rights of Man' (1789, Article 4) which states:
But the State
is also obliged to know that Aristotle in his work 'ETHIKA NIKOMACHEA'
(Nichomachean Ethics), having determined that virtue is the middle
ground between excess and deficiency, writes that the legislator acts
pedagogically through the law.
This means
the laws that are instituted should not simply satisfy the arbitrary
choices of each and every person, but instead contribute pedagogically,
both for the development and the upgrading of the whole of society and
for each individual person.
It is of
course understood that the State must institute laws which also respect
the uniqueness of our country’s Tradition.
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Article created: 10-12-2023 Last update: 10-12-2023 |
