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Mulieris dignitatem (Ecclesiastical Latin: [muliˈeris diɲiˈtatem]; "the Dignity of a Woman") is an apostolic letter by Pope John Paul II on the dignity of women, published on 15 August 1988, and written in conjunction with the 1987-88 Marian Year.
Pope John Paul II upholds the great honor of women as being the only ones who could ever bear life, and continues the themes from his 1988 encyclical, Mulieris Dignitatem, particularly that of the feminine genius [5] This "feminine genius" includes qualities such as that of receptivity, emphasis on the person, empathy, protection of life, and ...
In Mulieris dignitatem, Pope John Paul II wrote, "In calling only men as his Apostles, Christ acted in a completely free and sovereign manner. In doing so, he exercised the same freedom with which, in all his behavior, he emphasized the dignity and the vocation of women, without conforming to the prevailing customs and to the traditions ...
Mulieris dignitatem was issued in 1988 to clarify women's equally important and complementary role in the work of the Church. [103] [104] Then in 1994, Ordinatio Sacerdotalis explained that the Church extends ordination only to men in order to follow the example of Jesus, who chose only men for this specific duty. [105] [106] [107]
Mulieris Dignitatem defends the equality of women, the vocation to love, the mutual submission of husbands and wives, the on-going impact of Original Sin on male/female relationships, Jesus's modeling of how to treat women, the significance of Jesus's mother for today's Christians, and the nature of the relationship between Christ and His ...
Mulieris Dignitatem was issued in 1988 to clarify women's equally important and complementary role in the work of the Church. [26] [27] Then in 1994, Ordinatio Sacerdotalis explained that the Church only extends ordination to men in order to follow the example of Jesus, who chose only men for this specific duty.
A number of such women were singled out as model Christians by Pope John Paul II in his Mulieris Dignitatem letter on the dignity and vocation of women: Olga of Kiev, Matilda of Tuscany, Hedwig of Silesia, Jadwiga of Poland and Elizabeth of Hungary. [32] The first Russian ruler to convert to Christianity was Olga of Kiev around 950AD. She is an ...
Mulieris may refer to : Adam Pulchrae Mulieris, a Paris master who studied under Peter of Lamballe and flourished in the first half of the 13th century. Mulieris Towers, twin towers located in the Puerto Madero neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mulieris Dignitatem, a 1988 apostolic letter by John Paul II on the dignity of women.