Women and the Priesthood

[ann_d]

Women's priesthood is one of the main obstacles to the orthodox-protestant dialogue. So we decided to put together the main orthodox points in  this argument, why we are against it. Hope you'll find it not uninteresting to read... : Women and the Priesthood

Comments

[martiancyclist]

Это будет интересно...

[miafeliz]

The link is down and I cannot read the article.

[elizabby]

Yes - I would have been very interested! I've asked a few Orthodox people about this, and their answers more or less always come out to "because this is what we've always done". Probably true, but I was hoping for something a little more theological.

[miafeliz]

I am definitely curious myself as to what the essay or paper says. I have never sat down to really articulate my thoughts on Women's Priesthood. I mean, yes, I have an opinion about it and I know why I feel the way that I do though I have a hard time trying to answer the question as to why I don't support women's ordination in the Catholic Church. I feel like a bad feminist for it too. One of my reasons, which has created a few heated debates among my girl friends is that I'm not comfortable with the idea of a woman priest in my church. In another religion or faith tradition, I'm supportive and applaud it. I guess for me it's a Catholic thing. Yes, I'm used to the male only priesthood and fall into the it's something we've always done category too. I know the historical, tradition and other reasons that support a male only priesthood. And it really doesn't bother me at all. I know a lot of people who like so much about Catholicism won't convert because they see the church as a sexist institution for not ordaining women. I've never

[xenaclone]

There is [some] historical evidence suggesting that male only priesthood isn't something that's always been done, even in the Catholic/Orthodox church.

Of course, such ordinations can be dismissed as apostate, not historical or heretical.

[forensicgirl]

I can't see the website either. I keep getting this error:

"Connection Interrupted
The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.
The network link was interrupted while negotiating a connection. Please try again."

I have no idea why-any other webpage I've tried seems to work.

I am also curious as to what arguments are being used; although I probably will strongly disagree with them, I'd like to know what they are.

[susannah]

We are created male and female in the image of the Holy one. For that reason alone, I can see no argument for saying that a woman is not representative of the priestly functions of her Creator as well as a man is.

Socially and culturally, of course, there has been and there is huge resistance to the idea of women in authority.

But in my opinion a woman could make as appropriate a priest, bishop or Pope as a man could. It's about service, and living out the divine image... and a woman is as much part of that divine image as a man.

[forensicgirl]

For that reason alone, I can see no argument for saying that a woman is not representative of the priestly functions of her Creator as well as a man is.

So much word, my friend. So much.

But in my opinion a woman could make as appropriate a priest, bishop or Pope as a man could.

We have a mixed set of ministers at my church now-Reverend John and Reverend Sarah-and both are awesome. They make a great team.

[amergina]

I can see the article. :) Maybe there was a glitch for a bit (I also could view it when it was first posted).

[rest_in_thee]

Thanks for posting. I particularly liked Archbishop Lazar's presentation of the argument.