{"id":501288,"date":"2021-05-12T17:35:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T21:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=501288"},"modified":"2021-05-12T17:36:02","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T21:36:02","slug":"first-transgender-bishop-elected-in-mainline-protestant-denomination-celebrates-dismantling-council-of-nicaea-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-transgender-bishop-elected-in-mainline-protestant-denomination-celebrates-dismantling-council-of-nicaea-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"First Transgender Bishop Elected In Mainline Protestant Denomination; Celebrates \u2018Dismantling\u2019 Council Of Nicaea Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffirst-transgender-bishop-elected-in-mainline-protestant-denomination-celebrates-dismantling-council-of-nicaea-standards%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=501288&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pjimage-13-1200x720-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) over the weekend became the first mainline Protestant denomination to elect a transgender bishop.<\/p>\n<p>Rev. Megan Rohrer, a biological female who uses the pronouns \u201che\u201d and \u201cthey,\u201d was elected May 8 to serve as bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the ELCA, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elca.org\/News-and-Events\/8102\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Elected\u00a0on the fifth ballot with 209 votes during an online synod assembly, Rohrer narrowly defeated the Rev. Jeff R. Johnson of Berkeley, California, who received 207 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Rohrer, who presently pastors Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in San Francisco and is also Community Chaplain Coordinator for the San Francisco Police Department, will be installed in the position of authority\u00a0on Sept. 11 at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Walnut Creek, California.<\/p>\n<p>Rohrer celebrated the victory by praising the synod for dismantling the clerical standards set by the First Council of Nicaea in A.D. 325, which was the first ecumenical gathering of bishops in church history and produced the famous Nicene Creed.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cThe first council of Nicaea\u2019s first action was to try to limit the leadership roles of trans pastors and bishops,\u201d Rohrer wrote. \u201cI\u2019m grateful the Lutherans of the [Sierra Pacific Synod]\u00a0<\/span>are beginning to dismantle this and some of the \u2026 other hurdles BIPOC [black, indigenous, and people of color] and LGBTQ pastor\u2019s [sic] encounter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Presumably Rohrer was referring to Canon 1 of the Council, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csun.edu\/~hcfll004\/nicaea.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">forbids<\/a>\u00a0those who have castrated themselves from serving in the clergy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.3710691823899\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The first council of Nicaea\u2019s first action was to try to limit the leadership roles of trans pastors and bishops.  I\u2019m grateful the Lutherans of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sps_elca?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sps_elca<\/a> are beginning to dismantle this and some of the the other hurdles BIPOC and LGBTQ pastor\u2019s encounter.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bishop-elect Megan Rohrer (@mmrohrer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mmrohrer\/status\/1391371325424472065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mark Tooley, who is\u00a0president of the theologically conservative think tank Institute on Religion &#038; Democracy in Washington, D.C., likened Rohrer\u2019s attitude to that which prevailed among the Gnostics of the first century, who \u201c[rejected]\u00a0ecumenical orthodoxy in favor of secret knowledge stressing self-actualization and inner journeys instead of salvation and worshipping the Creator.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBishop Rohrer says she\u2019s glad her liberal Mainline Protestant denomination is \u2018beginning to dismantle\u2019 the injustice at the Council of Nicaea,\u201d Tooley <a href=\"https:\/\/juicyecumenism.com\/2021\/05\/10\/transgender-lutheran-bishop-nicaea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cNo doubt much more dismantling must be done before true justice and knowledge can prevail against the external authority of revelation proposed by historic Christianity. Or so the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/can-religious-liberty-survive-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gnostics<\/a>, yesterday and today, always proclaim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By affirming transgender behavior, the ELCA, which claims its \u201croots are in the writings of the German church reformer Martin Luther,\u201d are at odds with the teachings of their founder, who <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lutherdansk.dk\/Web-Living%20as%20husband%20and%20wife\/Living%20as%20husband%20and%20wife.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"17\">\n<p><em>In order to proceed aright let us direct our attention to Genesis 1 [:27], \u201cSo God created man . . . male and female he created them.\u201d From this passage we may be assured that God divided mankind into two classes, namely, male and female, or a he and a she. This was so pleasing to him that he himself called it a good creation [Gen. 1:31]. Therefore, each one of us must have the kind of body God has created for us. I cannot make myself a woman, nor can you make yourself a man; we do not have that power. But we are exactly as he created us: I a man and you a woman. Moreover, he wills to have his excellent handiwork honored as his divine creation, and not despised. The man is not to despise or scoff at the woman or her body, nor the woman the man. But each should honor the other\u2019s image and body as a divine and good creation that is well\u2011pleasing unto God himself.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>LGBT issues are increasingly causing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/unchecked-defiance-third-largest-christian-denomination-in-u-s-faces-potential-schism-over-homosexuality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">divisions<\/a> within mainline Protestant churches, with Southern Baptist pastor and theologian Al Mohler recently going so far as to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/doctrinal-annihilation-theologian-blasts-methodist-church-for-pushing-drag-queen-pastor-claims-two-religions-forming-over-lgbt-issues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">claim<\/a> there are \u201ctwo religions\u201d forming because of the disagreements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/doctrinal-annihilation-theologian-blasts-methodist-church-for-pushing-drag-queen-pastor-claims-two-religions-forming-over-lgbt-issues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Doctrinal Annihilation\u2019: Theologian Blasts Methodist Church For Pushing Drag Queen Pastor, Claims \u2018Two Religions\u2019 Forming Over LGBT Issues<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) over the weekend became the first mainline Protestant denomination to elect a transgender bishop.Rev. 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