Women Deacons? Essays with Answers
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (720 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0814683126 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 270 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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"This helpful collection of academic essays, many of them newly translated into English, shows that the idea of reconstituting the diaconate for women has been around for a very long time. Phyllis Zagano is second to none in the pursuit of this question, and her introduction summarizes beautifully what everyone should know who is interested in the issue."
This volume contains twelve essays—five translated from Italian, three translated from French, and four in their original English—that answer the questions about the history and possible future of women deacons. Essays by: Yves Congar, OP Philippe Delhaye Peter Hünermann Valerie A. Karras Corrado Marucci, SJ Pietro Sorci, OFM Jennifer H. Stiefel Cipriano Vagaggini, OSB Cam Phyllis Zagano Ugo Zanetti, OSB. The question of restoring women to the ordained diaconate surfaced during the Second Vatican Council and continued to resound in academic and pastoral circles well after the diaconate was restored as a permanent order in the church in the West
opera lover said the essays are very well balanced. on the whole. the essays are very well balanced. on the whole, the arguments and the essays supporting women deacons are the strongest. i have no bias or strong opinion on this issue.. Amazon Customer said Now scholars and lay persons have easy access to a collection of studied analyses of the. âª#WomenDeaconsâ¬? Essays with Answers Phyllis Zagano unearths historical documents buried by #Vatican gynophobes @Pontifex. Well done and long overdue. Now scholars and lay persons have easy access to a collection of studied analyses of the history and. Women were not Deacons. Make no mistake this is not about the diaconate. It is part of the ongoing assault on the priesthood by radical feminists who desire power to enforce their ideology. We saw this with the Episcopal church when their first women "deacons" immediately argued that they could now be