Τρίτη 7 Μαΐου 2024

THE QUESTION OF WOMEN’S ORDINATION: FEMINIST CHALLENGE OR AN ECCLESIOLOGICAL DESIDERATUM? COMMENTS ON THE RHODES DOCUMENT

Deaconesses, the Ordination of Women and Orthodox Theology
Editor(s):Petros Vassiliadis, Niki Papageorgiou, Eleni Kasselouri-Hatzivassiliadi

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The Question of Women’s Ordination: Feminist Challenge or an Ecclesiological Desideratum? (Comments on the Rhodes Document) 
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Book Description

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.