Deaconesses, the Ordination of Women and Orthodox Theology

Deaconesses, the Ordination of Women and Orthodox Theology
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 610
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ISBN-10 : 9781527511972
ISBN-13 : 1527511979
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Deaconesses, the Ordination of Women and Orthodox Theology by : Eleni Kasselouri-Hatzivassiliadi

This collection of essays highlights the thorny and divisive issue of the admission of women into the sacramental diaconal priesthood of the Christian Church from the Orthodox theological perspective. The contributions here stem from scientific papers presented at an international conference titled “Deaconesses, Ordination of Women and Orthodox Theology”, organized in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 2015 by the Center of Ecumenical, Missiological and Environmental Studies (CEMES). They cover almost all the fields of biblical, liturgical, patristic, systematic, canonical, and historical theology. The volume’s main focus is the ancient order of deaconesses, in connection with the overall issue of the ordination of women. Although most papers address the issues from an Orthodox perspective, their sober analysis can provide theological argumentation for the wider Christian community, both the Churches and Christian denominations that exclude women from the sacramental priesthood, and those that have already adopted their ordination.

Women and Ordination in the Orthodox Church

Women and Ordination in the Orthodox Church
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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages : 192
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ISBN-10 : 9781532695803
ISBN-13 : 1532695802
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis Women and Ordination in the Orthodox Church by : Gabrielle Thomas

Contributing Authors: Fr. John Behr Dr Spyridoula Athanasopoulou-Kypriou Dr. Dionysios Skliris Fr. Andrew Louth Dr Mary Cunningham Met Kallistos Ware Rev Dr Sarah Hinlicky Wilson Dr Kyriaki Karidoyanes FitzGerald Dr Carrie Frederick Frost Dr Paul Ladouceur Luis Josue Sales This book--a collaborative, international initiative, involving academic theologians and practitioners--invites the reader into a conversation about the ordination of women in the Orthodox Church. It explores questions relating to the significance of being human, Eve's curse, sexed bodies, the place of Mary, the nature of priesthood, the role of the deacon, and the task of being a priest in the twenty-first century. The reflections move across three main areas of discussion: issues of theological anthropology, particular questions pertaining to the priesthood and the diaconate, and contemporary practices. In each area the implications for ordaining women in the Orthodox Church today are explored.

Women Deacons

Women Deacons
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Publisher : Paulist Press
Total Pages : 120
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ISBN-10 : 9780809147434
ISBN-13 : 0809147432
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Women Deacons by : Gary Macy

Three related essays by experts on the diaconate that examine the concept of women deacons in the Catholic Church from Thistorical, contemporary, and future perspectives.

Women Deacons in the Orthodox Church

Women Deacons in the Orthodox Church
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 227
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:1178656359
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Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis Women Deacons in the Orthodox Church by : Kyriaki Karidoyanes FitzGerald

The Disappearing Deaconess

The Disappearing Deaconess
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Publisher : Eremia
Total Pages : 118
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ISBN-10 : 099101698X
ISBN-13 : 9780991016983
Rating : 4/5 (8X Downloads)

Synopsis The Disappearing Deaconess by : Brian Patrick Mitchell

The Disappearing Deaconess examines not just the history of deaconesses but also patristic teaching on male and female and the evolution of ministries in the early Church to conclude that the order of deaconess was inherently problematic for early Christians because it appeared to elevate women over men in the hierarchy of the Church, contrary to Christian beliefs about both the natural order and the divine economy. That explains why many local churches never had deaconesses and why those that had them eventually stopped having them. This book also includes two important appendices addressing proposals to create a new order of deaconesses and the larger issue of male and female as understood by Church Fathers. The first outlines a theological basis for the distinction of male and female as the key to understanding many gender issues, including the exclusion of women from clerical orders. The second is a public statement signed by over 300 Orthodox clergy and laity opposing the creation of a new order.

Orthodox Women Speak

Orthodox Women Speak
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Publisher : Holy Cross Press
Total Pages : 201
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ISBN-10 : 1885652399
ISBN-13 : 9781885652393
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Orthodox Women Speak by : Kyriaki Karidoyanes FitzGerald

This collection offers a range of contemporary Orthodox voices addressing key issues around the role and place of women in the life of the church. Includes reports from two consultations of Orthodox women organized by the World Council of Churchesin the context of the Ecumenical Decade -- Churches in Solidarity with women.

The Ministry of Deaconesses

The Ministry of Deaconesses
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 366
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:32044025981887
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Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis The Ministry of Deaconesses by : Cecilia Robinson

Remembering and Reclaiming Diakonia

Remembering and Reclaiming Diakonia
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1935317032
ISBN-13 : 9781935317036
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Remembering and Reclaiming Diakonia by : John Chryssavgis

The Ordination of Women

The Ordination of Women
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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages : 161
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ISBN-10 : 9781620320259
ISBN-13 : 1620320258
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis The Ordination of Women by : Paul Jewett

"Upon it's publication in 1975, Man As Male and Female, a study of Scripture in which Paul Jewett argues that man and woman are properly related only when they accept each other as equals, received much critical acclaim.Now, in The Ordination of Women, Jewett argues that on the basis of the Christian ideal of the partnership of the sexes, women ought to share fully with men the privileges and responsibilities of church ministry.

Women and the Priesthood

Women and the Priesthood
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Publisher : RSM Press
Total Pages : 270
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ISBN-10 : 0881411469
ISBN-13 : 9780881411461
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Women and the Priesthood by : Thomas Hopko

The authors search for explanations and reasons why the Orthodox Church has never in its history ordained women to serve as bishops and priests. All agree that the Church had women deacons, and that careful consideration must be given to this office as it existed in the past and as it may once again in the Orthodox Church.