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In this installment of “Theologians and other scholars on the Synod’s call to listen to LGBTQ people,” Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J. reflects on the Acts of the Apostles and the Church’s call to recognize LGBTQ Catholics as equal members of the body of Christ.

As with the Bible, so too with the tradition: Church teachings found in the Catechism and Vatican declarations need to be interpreted rather than read off in a simplistic, fundamentalist manner. The church’s capacity to grasp the Gospel can grow, and good theological interpretation can help make it happen.