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- Ordained Women in the Early Church: A Documentary History
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press
summary
In a time when the ordination of women is an ongoing and passionate debate, the study of women's ministry in the early church is a timely and significant one. There is much evidence from documents, doctrine, and artifacts that supports the acceptance of women as presbyters and deacons in the early church. While this evidence has been published previously, it has never before appeared in one complete English-language collection.With this book, church historians Kevin Madigan and Carolyn Osiek present fully translated literary, epigraphical, and canonical references to women in early church offices. Through these documents, Madigan and Osiek seek to understand who these women were and how they related to and were received by, the church through the sixth century. They chart women's participation in church office and their eventual exclusion from its leadership roles. The editors introduce each document with a detailed headnote that contextualizes the text and discusses specific issues of interpretation and meaning. They also provide bibliographical notes and cross-reference original texts. Madigan and Osiek assemble relevant material from both Western and Eastern Christendom.
Table of Contents
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- Source Abbreviations
- pp. ix-xiii
- Chapter One. INTRODUCTION
- pp. 1-10
- Chapter Six. WOMEN DEACONS IN THE WEST
- pp. 141-149
- Chapter Eight. WOMEN PRESBYTERS
- pp. 163-202
- Chapter Nine. CONCLUSION
- pp. 203-206
- Appendixes
- pp. 207-212
- Index of Ancient Names
- pp. 213-216
- Index of Modern Authors
- pp. 219-220
Additional Information
ISBN
9781421401577
Related ISBN(s)
9780801879326, 9781421400372
MARC Record
OCLC
794700384
Pages
240
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No