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A Woman's Place

I disagree
By:George
Date: Saturday, 23 September 2006, 7:00 am
In Response To: those pictures are definately (lydia)

You have essentially argued that the idea of women in ministry is something that has always been foreign to accepted Christian teaching and practice. I have shown the exact opposite: that women were in positions of spiritual leadership from the time of the early church until the 1500's -- not just in some isolated backwater church, but in major Christian centers.

True, these women seem to have been the exception. The majority of Christian women have always been mainly involved in the everyday successes and failures of being a human being trying to live out their faith in their homes and communities. But the same can be said for the majority of Christian men. The point is that the women have not been excluded, historically, as one might conclude that they "ought" to have been, according to the way some scriptures are interpreted today.

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