Women Deacons in the Orthodox Church
Women Deacons in the Orthodox Church

Author: Kyriaki Karidoyanes FitzGerald

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781885652225

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A patristic and liturgical study of the deaconess in the Church. includes bibliography of the women deacon saints, the decline of the order, and the attempts at its restoration.

Women Deacons
Women Deacons

Author: Gary Macy

Publisher: Paulist Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 0809147432

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Three related essays by experts on the diaconate that examine the concept of women deacons in the Catholic Church from Thistorical, contemporary, and future perspectives.

Women and Ordination in the Orthodox Church
Women and Ordination in the Orthodox Church

Author: Gabrielle Thomas

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2020-07-10

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1532695802

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Contributing Authors: Fr. John Behr Dr Spyridoula Athanasopoulou-Kypriou Dr. Dionysios Skliris Fr. Andrew Louth Dr Mary Cunningham Met Kallistos Ware Rev Dr Sarah Hinlicky Wilson Dr Kyriaki Karidoyanes FitzGerald Dr Carrie Frederick Frost Dr Paul Ladouceur Luis Josue Sales This book--a collaborative, international initiative, involving academic theologians and practitioners--invites the reader into a conversation about the ordination of women in the Orthodox Church. It explores questions relating to the significance of being human, Eve's curse, sexed bodies, the place of Mary, the nature of priesthood, the role of the deacon, and the task of being a priest in the twenty-first century. The reflections move across three main areas of discussion: issues of theological anthropology, particular questions pertaining to the priesthood and the diaconate, and contemporary practices. In each area the implications for ordaining women in the Orthodox Church today are explored.

Deaconesses, the Ordination of Women and Orthodox Theology
Deaconesses, the Ordination of Women and Orthodox Theology

Author: Eleni Kasselouri-Hatzivassiliadi

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2018-06-11

Total Pages: 610

ISBN-13: 1527511979

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This collection of essays highlights the thorny and divisive issue of the admission of women into the sacramental diaconal priesthood of the Christian Church from the Orthodox theological perspective. The contributions here stem from scientific papers presented at an international conference titled “Deaconesses, Ordination of Women and Orthodox Theology”, organized in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 2015 by the Center of Ecumenical, Missiological and Environmental Studies (CEMES). They cover almost all the fields of biblical, liturgical, patristic, systematic, canonical, and historical theology. The volume’s main focus is the ancient order of deaconesses, in connection with the overall issue of the ordination of women. Although most papers address the issues from an Orthodox perspective, their sober analysis can provide theological argumentation for the wider Christian community, both the Churches and Christian denominations that exclude women from the sacramental priesthood, and those that have already adopted their ordination.

Women Deacons in the Early Church
Women Deacons in the Early Church

Author: John Wijngaards

Publisher: Herder & Herder

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780824523930

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One of the most common arguments against the ordination of women deacons is that it represents a break with the orthodox tradition. In this engagingly written new book, John Wijngaards, in a careful examination of historical evidence such as histories, written documents, and tombstones, shows that countless women served as sacramentally ordained deacons in the early centuries of Christianity. Wijngaard's book contributes to the conversation about the role of women in today's churches, and offers us a fascinating look at an overlooked element in Christian history.

Patterns of Women's Leadership in Early Christianity
Patterns of Women's Leadership in Early Christianity

Author: Joan E. Taylor

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2021-02-18

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 0198867069

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This authoritative collection brings together the latest thinking on women's leadership in early Christianity. Featuring contributors from key thinkers in the fields of Christian history, it considers the evidence for ways in which women exercised leadership in churches from the 1st to the 9th centuries CE.

Orthodox Women Speak
Orthodox Women Speak

Author: Kyriaki Karidoyanes FitzGerald

Publisher: Holy Cross Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 9781885652393

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This collection offers a range of contemporary Orthodox voices addressing key issues around the role and place of women in the life of the church. Includes reports from two consultations of Orthodox women organized by the World Council of Churchesin the context of the Ecumenical Decade -- Churches in Solidarity with women.