Hidden History of Women's Ordination - Female Clergy in the Medieval West

Zusatztext Macy acknowledges that he writes with a view to promoting the ordination of women to the priesthood and episcopacy. Even readers who are wary of these aims will be grateful for the wealth of detail in this book. Informationen zum Autor Gary Macy is Professor Religious Studies at the University of San Diego. He is the coauthor, with Bernard Cooke, of Christian Symbol and Ritual (OUP 2005), and the author of The Banquet's Wisdom: A Short History of the Theologies of the Lord's Supper, and the two-volume History of Women and Ordination. He lives in San Diego, CA. Klappentext Macy argues that for the first 1200 years of Christianity, women were in fact ordained into roles in the church. He uncovers references to the ordination of women in papal, episcopal and theological documents of the time. Beliefs that women were not ordained, he shows, is based on a later definition of ordination; unknown in the early Middle Ages. Zusammenfassung Macy argues that for the first 1200 years of Christianity, women were in fact ordained into roles in the church. He uncovers references to the ordination of women in papal, episcopal and theological documents of the time. Beliefs that women were not ordained, he shows, is based on a later definition of ordination; unknown in the early Middle Ages.

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• Authors: Gary Macy, Gary (P John Nobili Macy, Macy Gary
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780195189704
• ISBN: 978-0-19-518970-4
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 240 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Europe, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Christianity, History of Religion, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Christian leaders & leadership, Gender studies: women, Religious and spiritual figures, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Gender studies: women and girls, RELIGION / Christian Living / Leadership & Mentoring, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE