Tamás Orbán reports at The European Conservative,
Swedish Priest Under Media Fire for Refusing To Wear Rainbow Vestment
Multiple leftist media outlets attacked Swedish pastor Håkan Persson, the parish priest of Markaryd, after a recent social media post in which he criticized the new rainbow-colored, LGBT-friendly vestments designed to be the symbol of the progressivism of the Church of Sweden.
In his Facebook post, Persson stated that the rainbow-colored chasuble and stole, designed at the initiative of the Västerås diocese, “will not enter Markaryd’s church as long as I am vicar.”
While the media paints him as acting from “a hidden minority-intolerant agenda” and accuses him of discriminating against the LGBT community in his parish, the priest insists he merely follows the liturgical rules of the church, and his doors remain open to anyone, but not to momentary political trends and sexual advertising.
“In the Church of Sweden, we have liturgical vestments that follow the church year. We actually have rules for that,” Persson explained. Anything other than white, red, green, and purple, depending on the liturgical season, is inconsistent with the Church’s official guidelines, he said.
Good for him for standing firm in an otherwise wayward Church.
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The vestments are related to the Church year and therefore to the life of Christ and the Gospel. Political commemorations like LGBT,etc. or any others are not appropriate. Good for this vicar. I fear he won't last long in that position.
ReplyDeleteThe "Church" of Sweden gave up the Gospel long ago. I am surprised this vicar lasted so long.
ReplyDeleteWell, there are yet a few believing priests in TEC (George Conger of Anglican Ink, for instance).
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