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what are they teaching in seminaries these days?

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what are they teaching in seminaries these days?
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what are they teaching in seminaries these days?
August 27, 2015 at 3:12 pm
I'll never forget a Feast of the Epiphany (the visit of the Magi) Mass, when the priest started his homily this way: "You KNOW there were no wise men, right? No gifts of frankincense, gold, and myrrh? You know this is an allegory, a way for the gospel writers to say that they saw kingship in Jesus, so Jesus's story should start like king stories of their time. And they saw God in Jesus, so the angels must have been singing in the skies over the stable. There weren't any angels talking to shepherds, either. Don't read the Bible as if it is literally true, or you'll end up rather frustrated."

Do all seminaries teach that the Bible isn't literal, or just some of them?

Brilliant man. Good guy (for a priest). Died a few years ago. I miss him.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
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