New testament evidence for ordaining women in the catholic church: evaluating claims in inter insigniores and ordinatio sacerdotalis
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Arts (MA)
Major/Program
Religious Studies
First Advisor's Name
Christine Gudorf
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Erik Larson
Third Advisor's Name
Terry Rey
Date of Defense
4-5-2001
Abstract
This Master's Thesis will re-evaluate the conclusions of the Vatican on the issue of women's ordination, as presented in the documents Inter Insigniores and Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, by researching the discoveries of scriptural scholarship on the significance of women in the New Testament ministries. The essential question is, are the two previously mentioned documents authoritative when they exclude women from priesthood on the basis of Scripture? Special emphasis is on the unprejudiced rereading of the status of women in the ministry of Jesus and the early church communities. The research proved that there is no significant evidence in the New Testament to reserve ordained ministries in the Church to men only.
Identifier
FI14050427
Recommended Citation
Barbeite, Bertha C., "New testament evidence for ordaining women in the catholic church: evaluating claims in inter insigniores and ordinatio sacerdotalis" (2001). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1395.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1395
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