Before reading this post, please know that Rohr does NOT hold to the core Christian teachings as detailed in Scripture regarding God’s nature, Jesus as God the Son, sin, and salvation. While he quotes Scripture and uses Christian verbiage, these terms are defined differently by Rohr. For more information about Rohr, please watch this video by Seminary Professor and Author, Dr. Douglas Groothuis (here).🚩
IN HIS OWN WORDS:
Richard Rohr, a Franciscan Friar who views Jesus and Christ as two separate beings, is the most prominent figure associated with the Enneagram. He is highly revered by Suzanne Stabile, Ian Cron, Christopher Heuertz, Beth McCord, and others for his teaching and mentorship.
With this in view, what does Rohr have to say about this “tool” which has been embraced to readily by numerous churches?
🔍Does he affirm the Enneagram as a scientifically verified system?
🎞️(1:40m)No. ”Scientifically, we can’t prove it.”
🔍Does he have definitive evidence for any “Christian” ties to the Enneagram?
Here’s what Rohr admits:
🎞️(6:04) “In my opinion… I can’t prove all of this, but it’s the only links in the chain we can rediscover…(6:16) Then it got lost in his Latin texts and no one bothered with it. But anyway, we’ve got it back.”
🎞️(2:52) Rohr claims that it got rediscovered by “good Jesuits,” and thereby brought back to the West in the early 70’s.
Who were these Jesuits?
Per American Jesuit Priest and Professor, Mitch Pacwa, the Enneagram made its way to Loyola in Detroit through another Jesuit Priest, Bob Ochs, S.J. after he learned it from Chilean Psychiatrist, Claudio Naranjo, in 1970. Naranjo learned about the Enneagram through Oscar Ichazo, and Ichazo utilized the shape after following the teachings of George Gurdjieff (designed the enneagram shape in 1916). No types were added until Claudio Naranjo.(1) It should be noted that Pacwa was trained by Ochs.
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