Women Deacons and Service at the Altar
What did women ordained to the diaconate do during the celebration of Eucharist? What were they forbidden to do? Why? This article reviews papal edicts as well as local episcopal, synodal/conciliar, and canonical restrictions against women's participation in the liturgy, the liturgical responsi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2018]
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| In: |
Theological studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 79, Issue: 3, Pages: 590-609 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Holy See (motif)
/ Deaconess
/ Liturgy
/ Eucharist
/ Girl acolyte
/ Prohibition
/ History
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAA Church history KDB Roman Catholic Church NBP Sacramentology; sacraments RB Church office; congregation RC Liturgy |
| Further subjects: | B
altar service
B Gelasius B Diaconate B Liturgy B women deacons |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | What did women ordained to the diaconate do during the celebration of Eucharist? What were they forbidden to do? Why? This article reviews papal edicts as well as local episcopal, synodal/conciliar, and canonical restrictions against women's participation in the liturgy, the liturgical responsibilities of Western deacons, and concludes, noting contemporaneous discussion regarding women's altar service. The analysis demonstrates that the liturgical tasks of women ordained as deacons were eventually forbidden all women, whose "impure" state required that they be kept distant from the sacred. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-1304 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040563918784766 |
