Survey of Vatican Studies on the Diaconate of Women
The question of women in the ordained diaconate arose in the early 1970s at a Synod of Bishops; it was then considered by three iterations of the International Theological Commission and two pontifical commissions. More recently, the worldwide Synod on Synodality has taken up the question and asked...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
2024
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Theological studies
Year: 2024, Volume: 85, Issue: 3, Pages: 490-516 |
Further subjects: | B
Synod on Synodality
B Diaconate B women deacons |
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Summary: | The question of women in the ordained diaconate arose in the early 1970s at a Synod of Bishops; it was then considered by three iterations of the International Theological Commission and two pontifical commissions. More recently, the worldwide Synod on Synodality has taken up the question and asked for a review of the research. This article assesses the various studies and synod discussions, concluding with Pope Francis’s stunning “no” in a televised interview. |
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ISSN: | 2169-1304 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Theological studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/00405639241270698 |