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Catholic monk comes out as trans, says church must learn to accept, claims “God has called them”

A Catholic monk came out as transgender this month, saying the church had “to deal with” trans Catholics.

On May 17, Brother Christian Matson, a Catholic monk in Kentucky, told Religion News Service, “This Sunday, Pentecost 2024, I’m planning to come out publicly as transgender.”

“You’ve got to deal with us, because God has called us into this church,” Matson told the outlet. “It’s not your church to kick us out of—this is God’s church, and God has called us and engrafted us into it.”

Matson’s announcement comes amid an ongoing conversation about transgender and LGBTQ+ rights throughout the U.S. Companies and brands that have advocated for the LGBTQ+ community have received a backlash, such as the beer brand Bud Light, which faced a boycott after partnering with Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender activist.

In April, the Vatican published “Infinite Dignity,” a 20-page declaration that discussed the Catholic Church’s view on transgender individuals.

The declaration, which was approved by Pope Francis, said God created men and women as biologically different beings, and that no one should try to alter that plan or “make oneself God.”

The document describes gender-affirming surgery as violating God’s gift of human dignity and as attempting to play God on the surgeon’s table during a “sex-change intervention.”

The declaration made an exception for surgery to correct “genital abnormalities,” which healthcare professionals could help “resolve.”

Newsweek has contacted the Vatican and Matson for comment via email and his website’s contact form, respectively. Religion News Service reported that Matson converted to Catholicism in 2010, four years after he transitioned.

Matson spoke with a canon lawyer, who advised him to consider becoming a diocesan hermit, but he told the outlet that many Catholic communities later rejected him.

“People who knew me said, ‘You have a religious vocation,’ and these were all people who knew my medical history,” Matson told Religion News Service.

“But when they would go to the people in the community in charge of making that decision, they … would often just refuse to even meet with me.”

Matson’s bishop, John Stowe of the Diocese of Lexington in Kentucky, told Religion News Service that he received a letter from Matson in 2020 and expressed openness to allowing him in his church.

https://endtimeheadlines.org/2024/05/catholic-monk-comes-out-as-trans-says-church-must-learn-to-accept-claims-god-has-called-them/

Catholic monk comes out as trans, says church must learn to accept, claims “God has called them.”

Every gathering has Jews and Gentiles.

Lol

With well over 47,000 interpretations of Scripture by the Christians, none of which aligns with that which is stated in Scripture, there is more than enough room for ideas such as these. Anyone who denies this does so out of prejudice and nothing more.

Kobojunkie:
With well over 47,000 interpretations of Scripture by the Christians, none of which aligns with that which is stated in Scripture, there is more than enough room for ideas such as these. Anyone who denies this does so out of prejudice and nothing more.

Who has the correct interpretation of what is in the scripture in the world today?

Michael547:
■Who has the correct interpretation of what is in the scripture in the world today?

There is no such thing as a correct interpretation of Scripture in the same way as there is no such thing as a correct interpretation of Grant's Anatomy! There is simply what is written in the book and what is not written in the book.

Kobojunkie:
There is no such thing as a correct interpretation of Scripture in the same way as there is no such thing as a correct interpretation of Grant's Anatomy! There is simply what is written in the book and what is not written in the book.

😁😁😁😁...so what is written in the book has no interpretation?

Michael547:
😁😁😁😁...so what is written in the book has no interpretation?

Why does it require an interpretation? Where is it written in Scripture that all that is contained in it REQUIRES Interpretation?

Kobojunkie:
Why does it require an interpretation? Where is it written in Scripture that all that is contained in it REQUIRES Interpretation?

So where is it written in the bible that the devil is 'God's quality control manager' and that the 'devil has been preprogrammed by God' and that the 'devil cannot go against the will of God'? All these things that you were teaching me in the other thread. Where are the verses in the bible to support these claims that you made since the bible does not need interpretation?

Michael547:
■ So where is written in the bible that the devil is 'God's quality control manager' and that the 'devil has been preprogrammed by God' and that the 'devil cannot go against the will of God'?
■ All these things that you were teaching me in the other thread. Where are the verses in the bible to support these claims that you made since the bible does not need interpretation?

I never said it is written. What I instead said that Scripture sort of depicts Satan as God's quality control manager.

Kobojunkie:
Scripture has Satan as sort of God's quality control manager of some sort. He tests all men under God's Law to see if they are worthy of God's approval or not. Even the righteous, including Jesus Christ, were not spared.

But I see that honesty is indeed far from your kind.

2. Again, stop with the desperate attempts to derail the conversation. Where is it written in Scripture that all that is contained in it REQUIRES Interpretation? If not written, why do you suggest then that such a thing as a true interpretation exists?

Kobojunkie:
I never said it is written. What I instead said that Scripture sort of depicts Satan as God's quality control manager.
But I see that honesty is indeed far from your kind.

2. Again, stop with the desperate attempts to derail the conversation. Where is it written in Scripture that all that is contained in it REQUIRES Interpretation? If not written, why do you suggest then that such a thing as a true interpretation exists?

Lol....at the bolded.....so where does the scripture sort of depicts the devil as God's quality control manager?
Where does the scripture say that the devil cannot go against the will of God?
Where does the scripture say that the devil has been preprogrammed by God?
Start quoting the verses.

Michael547:
∆ Lol....at the bolded.....so where does the scripture sort of depicts the devil as God's quality control manager?
Where does the scripture say that the devil cannot go against the will of God?
Where does the scripture say that the devil has been preprogrammed by God?
Start quoting the verses.

I see you are just here to waste my time given we already went through this on a previous thread. So, I will leave to it.

immortalcrown:
Every gathering has Jews and Gentiles.

Every Gathering? See religious excuse!

Kobojunkie:
I see you are just here to waste my time given we already went through this on a previous thread. So, I will leave to it.

😁😁😁oga don run since verse no dey....you will tell people not to interpret verses. But your own interpretation na die. Three claims and no verse to back up one😁.

Kobojunkie:
Every Gathering? See religious excuse!

See a sentimental interpretation.

immortalcrown:
See a sentimental interpretation.

Sentimental? aThis from the one who made a ridiculously stewpid claim -- a generalization to be exact. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Michael547:
So where is it written in the bible that the devil is 'God's quality control manager' and that the 'devil has been preprogrammed by God' and that the 'devil cannot go against the will of God'? All these things that you were teaching me in the other thread. Where are the verses in the bible to support these claims that you made since the bible does not need interpretation?

What Kobojunkie cannot say does not exist

Kobojunkie:
Sentimental? But you are the one who made the stewpid claim to begin with. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Prove your point.

Aemmyjah:
What Kobojunkie cannot say does not exist

No mind am😁

immortalcrown:
Prove your point.

My point it that claim of yours regarding every gathering is a stewpid attempt to excuse what is the mistake that is religion.

Kobojunkie:
My point it that claim of yours regarding every gathering is a stewpid attempt to excuse what is the mistake that is religion.

You are just a sentimentalist. Otherwise, explain how your claim is implied in my comment.

immortalcrown:
You are just a sentimentalist. Otherwise, explain how your claim is implied in my comment.

Explain how suggesting there are Jews and gentiles in Every gathering is borne of ignorance of the religious kind? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Kobojunkie:
Explain how suggesting there are Jews and gentiles in Every gathering is borne of ignorance of the religious kind? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

You are just a sentimentalist. Otherwise, explain how your claim is implied in my comment.

immortalcrown:
You are just a sentimentalist. Otherwise, explain how your claim is implied in my comment.

How can my claim be implied in your comment when it instead points out the illogicality of your claim? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Kobojunkie:
How can my claim be implied in your comment when it instead points out the illogicality of your claim? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

You are just a sentimentalist. Otherwise, explain how your claim is implied in my comment.

immortalcrown:
You are just a sentimentalist. Otherwise, explain how your claim is implied in my comment.

How can my claim be implied in your comment when it instead points out the illogicality of your claim? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Kobojunkie:
How can my claim be implied in your comment when it instead points out the illogicality of your claim? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

You are just a sentimentalist. Otherwise, explain how your claim is implied in my comment.

immortalcrown:
You are just a sentimentalist. Otherwise, explain how your claim is implied in my comment.

How can my claim be implied in your comment when it instead points out the illogicality of your claim? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Kobojunkie:
How can my claim be implied in your comment when it instead points out the illogicality of your claim? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

You are just a sentimentalist. Otherwise, explain how your claim is implied in my comment.

immortalcrown:
You are just a sentimentalist. Otherwise, explain how your claim is implied in my comment.

How can my claim be implied in your comment when it instead points out the illogicality of your claim? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Kobojunkie:
How can my claim be implied in your comment when it instead points out the illogicality of your claim? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

You are just a sentimentalist. Otherwise, explain how your claim is implied in my comment.

immortalcrown:
You are just a sentimentalist. Otherwise, explain how your claim is implied in my comment.

How can my claim be implied in your comment when it instead points out the illogicality of your claim? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣