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In contrast to the ordination of women to the Catholic priesthood, the ordination of women to the diaconate is being actively discussed by Catholic scholars, [54] and theologians, as well as senior clergy. The historical evidence points to women serving in ordained roles from its earliest days in both the Western Church as well as the Eastern ...
This list includes ordained ministers, bishops and other church leaders who have made an impact on their Christian denomination, or have been recognized as pathbreakers. Due to historical differences deaconesses will not be included. In Presbyterianism, Methodism and a few other denominations the ordination of women predates 1900 and is now ...
Ledins was previously ordained as a Catholic priest and was not returned to lay status, and is considered by some to be the first official woman priest in the Catholic Church. [81] However, the Catechism of the Catholic Church does clearly state that gender is exclusively binary and every person should "acknowledge and accept his sexual ...
In Christianity, the ordination of women has been taking place in an increasing number of Protestant and Old Catholic churches, starting in the 20th century. Since ancient times, certain churches of the Orthodox tradition, such as the Coptic Orthodox Church, have raised women to the office of deaconess. [1]
Pages in category "Ordination of women and the Catholic Church" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Lutheran Protestant Church started to ordain women as priests. [37] The Czechoslovak Hussite Church started to ordain women. [7] 1948: The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark started to ordain women. [7] The African Methodist Episcopal Church started to ordain women. 1949: The Old Catholic Church (in the U.S.) started to ordain women. [7]
The "God Says Now" campaign has focused on getting the topic of women's ordination included in the study of the role of women in the church. Despite discussion of women's ordination in the initial ...
Some (most notably former LDS Church members D. Michael Quinn and Margaret Toscano) have argued that the church ordained women in the past and that therefore the church currently has the power to ordain women and should do so; [196] [197] however, there are no known records of any women having been ordained to the priesthood. [198]