| Women and the priesthood |
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| Irenaeus of lyons |
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| Tertullian |
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| Hippolytus |
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| The Didascalia |
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| Firmilian |
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| Council of Nicaea I |
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| Council of Laodicea |
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| Epiphanius of Salamis |
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| John Chrysostom |
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| The Apostolic Constitutions |
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| Augustine |
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| The priesthood debate |
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| I. Opening remarks |
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| 1. Catholics believe this doctrine, too |
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| 2. Exodus 19:6 |
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| 3. The Old Testament history: kingdom of priests |
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| 4. Exodus 19:21-22: ministerial priests |
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| 5. This was not the levitical priesthood |
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| 6. The argument from parallelism |
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| 7. I'm happy! |
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| priesthood and sacrifice |
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| a. The universal priesthoods |
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| b. The ministerial priesthoods |
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| Appendices to the debate |
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| a. Old Testament ordinations |
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| b. "offer this as my memorial sacrifice" |
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| c. The "once for all" sacrifice |
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| d. Things we are not here to discuss |
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| Women's ordination |
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| it's infallible |
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| ordinatio sacerdotalis |
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| responsum ad dubium october 28, 1995 |
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| concerning the teaching contained in ordinatio sacerdotalis |
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| congregation for the doctrine of the faith |
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| letter october 28, 1995 |
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| concerning the cdf reply regarding ordinatio sacerdotalis |
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| women, ordinatio, and angels |
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| women priests? |
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| otranto's chief evidence; pope gelasius' epistle |
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| private judgement or magisterium? |
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| objection: the pope did not define |
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| otranto's added data: some tombs |
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| abuses cannot change doctrine |
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| more from councils and fathers |
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| conclusion on women priests |
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| the Church's gradually deepening penetration |
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| into the deposit of faith |
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| could a priest ordain a priest? |
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| is the diaconate a sacrament? |
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| gradual clarification of the word "sacrament" |
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| slow development of technical terms |
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| some texts on deaconesses |
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| Chalcedon vs Nicea? |
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| some Eastern rituals |
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| a similar rite is found on p.15 of morin |
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| conclusion on deaconesses |
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| scriptural texts on ordination of women |
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| general conclusions on ordination of women |
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| appendix; a slide lecture by otranto |
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| texts on ordination of women scripture |
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| patristic and conciliar texts on ordination of women |
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| the male priesthood |
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| the argument from sacred tradition |
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| introduction |
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| the action of jesus |
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| a constant tradition catholic priestesses? |
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| Can you risk not knowing the truth? |
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| sexism or truth? |
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| maleness matters |
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| confusing initiation with vocation |
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| Eucharist and priesthood: different modes of presence |
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| no opposition in the will of christ and that of the church |
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| church authority under the hand of God |
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| false relationship between gosple of life issues and vocations |
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| theological authorities |
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| see more correspondence |
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| the office of new testament priest |
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| priestly ordination |
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| Bishop, piest, deacon |
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| authority |
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| apostolic succession |
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| what Christ witnesses |
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| holy orders |
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| "he who hears you, hears me" |
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| call no man your father! |
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| call no man father? |
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| the bible and spiritual fatherhood |
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| call no man father? |
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| apostolicae curae pope Leo XIII on the nullity of anglican orders (1986) |
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| chapter 10 of fishers of men |
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| content |
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