Scrutiny only bolsters his belief that one must first know the rules well enough before knowing when they do not apply. Despite a formal investigation by the Vatican, Rohr remains a priest in good standing with the Catholic Church. Rohr to ground his seemingly unorthodox and progressive theological views with extensive biblical scripture and scholarly references. Over three decades of accusations-as an apostate, false prophet, or wolf in sheep’s clothing -have compelled Fr. Bible verses like Colossians 1:17-20 portray Christ as “before all things,” including the Jesus of Nazareth, since “in Him all things hold together.” Ephesians 1:13 affirms our “inherent union” with Christ, for “you too have been stamped with the seal of the Holy Spirit.”

Rohr defends the “alternative orthodoxy” of an eternal Christ, through which material reality fully coincides with the spiritual. By building off the Franciscan mysticism he was ordained in, Fr. As if, he jokes, Christ was simply the last name of Jesus. Yet some Christians may not even realize that Jesus and Christ are not the same. By Omar Baig Richard Rohr with his book, The Universal Christ (2019).Ĭonservative and Evangelical Christians-with their provincial notions of Jesus as dying on the cross for their sins-denounce the Cosmic Christ of Father Richard Rohr as new age heresy.

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