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The Hidden History of Women's Ordination. Female Clergy in the Medieval West.
Gary Macy
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Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HRAX; HRCC7; HRCX1; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
The Roman Catholic leadership still refuses to ordain women officially or even to recognize that women are capable of ordination. But is the widely held assumption that women have always been excluded from such roles historically accurate? In the early centuries of Christianity, ordination was the process and the ceremony by which one moved to any new ministry (ordo) in the community. By this definition, women were in fact ordained into several ministries. A radical change in the definition of ordination during the eleventh and twelfth centuries not only removed women from the ordained ministry, but also attempted to ... Read more
The Roman Catholic leadership still refuses to ordain women officially or even to recognize that women are capable of ordination. But is the widely held assumption that women have always been excluded from such roles historically accurate? In the early centuries of Christianity, ordination was the process and the ceremony by which one moved to any new ministry (ordo) in the community. By this definition, women were in fact ordained into several ministries. A radical change in the definition of ordination during the eleventh and twelfth centuries not only removed women from the ordained ministry, but also attempted to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199947065
SKU
V9780199947065
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About Gary Macy
Gary Macy is John Nobili, S.J. Professor of Theology in the Department of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University.
Reviews for The Hidden History of Women's Ordination. Female Clergy in the Medieval West.
Here is a truly groundbreaking book, essential reading for anyone interested in the complex story of how the ministry of women has been valued (and devalued) within the Christian church. Gary Macy convincingly demonstrates that in the early church women were ordained into various roles, but in the eleventh and twelfth centuries a new definition of ordination was rigorously applied, ... Read more