The role of women in the church has been a significant and debatable issue for many years. As the world changes and becomes an equal and fair society the church still feels it adequate to discriminate against women, as it is seen as justifiable in some denominations to deny the right of a women's ordination. By looking at Bible readings, church traditions and the actions of certain organizations the question of women's ordination can be discussed. The aim of the essay is to so prove that denying a women's ordination is unjust and discriminative of the church .
An individual's interpretation of the Bible may be that it was women's fault that sin was brought in to the world due to the fact of Eve eating from the tree of knowledge. Therefore, women are considered to be in a state of punishment for sin. Women are held responsible for bringing original sin into the world, and being a continuing source of seduction. The biblical creation stories are interpreted as having put women in a permanent state of submission to men, by way of punishment. So obviously it would be wholly inappropriate for such "sinful creatures" to be chosen as channels of God's grace i.e. to be teaching the scripture.
However, it must be stated the Adam also ate from the tree of knowledge. Both fell in to sin but retained the same amount of responsibility towards God and the world. Both still remained in the image of God despite this sin and at no point did God revoke his statement that men and women were equal. Genesis 1:27 it states "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them" the quote states that men and women are equal and it emphasizes that both men and women are made in the image of God. So if God represents both the image of man and women why can't both men and women represent God by becoming ordained priests? .
Priests are viewed as a symbol of Christ who re-enact the sacrifice.
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The person called for ordination lifts up his hand saying, "Here I am". ... Considering these conditions for ordination, St. ... The Ordination Rite of the Armenian Church dates back to the 4th century. ... The new ordination rite of the Armenian Church comes about 12th century. ... The result is the elaborate ordination ritual that we have today, which includes the ancient ordination hymn 'the divine and heavenly grace", from the old Armenian ceremony. ...
For the most part the Church has kept pace with the secular world's view's on women's rights and roles, however there remains one issue in which the Church has not wavered and that issue is the ordination of women. ... Probably the most common opposing view or support for the ordination of women is that there is no solid evidence that Jesus believed women were inferior to men. ... Another argument for the ordination of women is that traditionally there is no evidence that Christ excluded women from the Church. ... And finally, one can argue for the ordinations of women base...
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One of the biggest issues that the Roman Catholic Church struggles with until today is the ordination of female priests and ordaining them to the diaconate. ... According to Clarke (2012), few churches such as the Eastern Orthodox have considered the ordination of women to the diaconate. ...
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However, I have come to change my mind about leadership positions for women in ministry after closely considering the Bible passages those against the ordination of women commonly point to, by looking at examples of Biblical and historical women in ministry, and by coming to an understanding that the gifts of the spirit are imparted to both men and women. Analyzing scripture with an impartial eye will reveal that there is overwhelming Biblical support toward the ordination of women in ministry. ... Not only does the scripture people use to protest the ordination of women in ministry fail to ...
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