Does God Have Gender? (#492)

Does God have a gender? Why does the Catholic Church use masculine pronouns like “He” and titles like “Father” and “Son”? In this episode, Greg explores the scriptural, theological, and traditional reasons behind this language, drawing on the Catechism, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. He addresses modern objections—Is it patriarchal? Why not “Mother” or gender-neutral terms?—and shows how this language shapes our faith and relationship with God.

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