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The book provides ample evidence to show that the women who were ordained to the diaconate during the first millennium had been sacramentally ordained. The second half of the book offers the text of the full ordination rite from six of... more
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      Women's HistoryWomen and Gender StudiesThe Ordination of WomenDiaconate Ordination Rites of Women
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      Women in MinistryPastoral EpistlesRole of Women In the ChurchWomen Ministry and Ordination
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      New Religious MovementsAmerican HistoryGender StudiesLegitimacy and Authority
Author: Christine Marchetti Publisher: CBE International Abundant canonical, literary, and epigraphical evidence proves women were ordained leaders in the church for centuries. Women who aspire to ordained ministry today can be... more
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      Women's StudiesWomen in MinistryGreek Orthodox Church and Women's OrdinationWomen Ministry and Ordination
Explains the attitude towards women bishops in the Roman Catholic Church. It outlines why Catholic tradition, with its inherent respect for the 'feminine' in God should be more open to women in positions of authority. Published in "Women... more
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      Women's StudiesWomen and Gender StudiesBishopThe Ordination of Women
This is a short excerpt of a new book I wrote on the Ordination of Women, explaining what the book is about.
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      Women's StudiesCatholic Church and ModernityHoly SpiritWomen Ministry and Ordination
In 1958 the Lutheran church of Sweden said yes to the ordination of women. On Palm Sunday 1960 the first three were ordained, and over the following ten years 54 women were ordained to serve as priests in Church of Sweden. This book is... more
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      Recognition and Axel HonnethThe Ordination of Women
Der Buddha gründete vor über 2500 Jahren nicht nur einen Mönchs- sondern auch einen Nonnenorden. Heute dagegen wird Frauen im Theravada-Buddhismus wie im tibetischen Buddhismus das Recht, ein Leben als vollordinierte Nonne zu führen,... more
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Es gibt theologische Diskussionen in der orthodoxen Kirche über die Frauenordination und es bestehen verschiedene theologische Positionen nebeneinander. Es besteht jedoch nach wie vor kein Einvernehmen in dieser Frage. Theologische und... more
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