The Ordination of Women
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Recent papers in The Ordination of Women
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
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
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
This is a short excerpt of a new book I wrote on the Ordination of Women, explaining what the book is about.
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
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