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An 11 page research paper exploring the various arguments for and against the ordination of women. The writer reviews the issue in terms of canonical, political and spiritual arguments, and explores these arguments on historical, present and future terms. The writer focuses on various opinions including feminist, orthodox Roman Catholic, Episcopal, and others. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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scripture as a means of rendering feminist arguments untenable. However, women have been ordained in Baptist and Jewish faiths for decades. The Old Catholic Church has also ordained
women (Schaeffer, 1996), and the Episcopal Church surprised the world in the early 1980s by ordaining women. The last hold out are some Dioceses of the Episcopal Church, the
Catholic Church, and other Christian sects. While the precedent of ordaining women has been established, there is little immediate hope that the holdouts will reverse their policies, especially after
the announcements of Vatican II. THE CANONICAL/SPIRITUAL ARGUMENTS Vatican II made specific decisions and announcements concerning the ordination of women. Specifically, Pope John Paul IIs "Ordinatio
sacerdotalis," which makes "references to the infallibility of Catholic teaching against the ordination of women" (Johnson, Novak, Cahill, Komonchak, OGara, & Murphy, 1996, p. 11). Vatican II and many
priests and bishops have long upheld the need for male iconic resemblance to Christ as well as a defense against the ordination of women. Johnson, et al. (1996) have answered
in response to the "ordinatio sacerdotalis" that other canons traditionally held have changed. "At one time it was official church teaching that it was unlawful for married couples to
take pleasure in the marital act; that killing infidels was a way to salvation; that taking interest on a loan was forbidden; that slavery was permissible; that discrimination against Jewish
people was legitimate; that biblical scholars could not use historical critical methods on Scripture texts" (Johnson, et al., 1996, p. 12). These respondents argue that since these canons have
been adjusted throughout time, then the ordination of women should also be considered in this light, especially since, much like women in the Church today, the women who surrounded Jesus
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