Catholic Church Ordained Women Before, Can Do it Again
…in very difficult Italian. So while scholars knew about the essay, Vatican officialdom could basically ignore it. I often mentioned it when I spoke, and a few years ago a woman wrote a diocesan bishop and included the essay in Italian. He wrote back to say that he read Italian and the essay did not support the ordination of women as deacons. As I said, it is a very difficult essay. Many of its references are in Greek. But the essay says what it sa…
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