Why Not Women?: A bishop makes a case for expanding the diaconate.

The article focuses on the ordination of women as church priests, who were excluded from the diaconate for several years. In recent years, several Eastern Orthodox Church conferences have demanded the ordination of women as deacons. The Armenian Apostolic Church has always had women deacons with mut...

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Publicado en:America Magazine: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture Vol. 207; no. 8; pp. 15 - 19
Autor principal: WCELA, EMIL A.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: America Media 10/1/2012
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Sumario:The article focuses on the ordination of women as church priests, who were excluded from the diaconate for several years. In recent years, several Eastern Orthodox Church conferences have demanded the ordination of women as deacons. The Armenian Apostolic Church has always had women deacons with mutual recognition of sacraments. It is stated that women today play a very important part in public life, and hold high offices in government, and they should be ordained as deacons.