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To: flickerful who wrote (1004)4/21/1998 2:26:00 PM
From: jhild  Read Replies (3) of 1187
 
This just in to Purgatory Central. Our work in Finland is paying dividends:

An epidemic of heresy?

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's dominant Lutheran Church is facing what looks like an epidemic of heresy in its ranks after one of its priests denied the existence of hell and another claimed Jesus was married.

Some Finns have been outraged as much by the claims as by the Church's refusal to punish the offenders, apparently on the grounds that it would infringe their right to free speech.

"Priests also have the right of free speech and personal opinions," Helsinki Bishop Eero Huovinen said in a statement.

Last week, the Church reprimanded but stopped short of firing minister Olli Arola, who said that Jesus might have been married to Mary Magdalene and cast doubt over the immaculate conception -- a key tenet of Christian faith.

The row came as the Church was already struggling to defend its integrity over a recent book by Helsinki priest Antti Kylliainen, in which he said hell did not exist and that everybody would get into heaven.

Thousands of Finns sent protest letters to the Church, saying Kylliainen's book amounted to heresy. But after an official inquiry into the heresy allegations, the Helsinki diocese decided not to punish the minister.

Infuriated protesters appealed the decision to the parliamentary ombudsman and the supreme administrative court.
dailynews.yahoo.com
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