text: DeFranza made a very important point in the discussion:  "What we are learning about science and gender is changing," she said, noting that church reformers need to relook at how Christianity has viewed transgender people. Christian scholars, such as Thomas Aquinas, translated the knowledge of the day into a Christian framework. DeFranza said that is the current challenge.  "We need to do what they did even if it means not saying what they said," noted DeFranza.
  
  Note "...scholars... translated the knowledge of the day into a Christian framework..."  And "We need to do what they did EVEN IF IT MEANS NOT SAYING WHAT THEY SAID." In other words, even if a different conclusion is reached.    
  
  What is recorded that Jesus said and did, and the Old Testament base on which so much thinking is derived - all that needs to be viewed anew in light of what we know today.  We need to "translate the knowledge" of THIS day "into a Christian framework."