Flourish Klink’s homily became the center of controversy. ⛪
During a homily, the Episcopal priest from New York argued that God is nonbinary and that Jesus is trans or underwent a transition.
“When God, who—as we have already established—is nonbinary, was born in human form as our Lord Jesus Christ, Mary said: ‘Oh, look, a baby boy’”.
Klink, who has a spouse and a daughter, paused for a second before saying: “God is not a boy, we’ve already established that. God is beyond what it means to be a boy or a girl.“
“God was assigned a gender at birth, and later it became clear that that gender was not the right one. So, if you’re going to deny that God is trans, I think you’ll be denying the divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, and I have some observations about that”, Klink said.
The controversy revolves around a theological reading of how to name God and understand the figure of Jesus. Those expressions prompted rejection and opened a discussion that spans faith, language, and the way its symbols are interpreted. ⚡
The backlash pits a personal reading of tradition against those who consider those words incompatible with their beliefs.
That is why the homily ended up becoming a debate about the limits of religious interpretation. Can the way we name the sacred change without altering faith?