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Ordained Women in the Early Church

A Documentary History

by Kevin Madigan, Carolyn Osiek

  • Paperback
  • 240 pages
  • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.4 cm

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In a time when the ordination of women is an ongoing and passionate debate, the study of women's ministry in the early church is a timely and significant one. There is much evidence from documents, doctrine, and artifacts that supports the acceptance of women as presbyters and deacons in the early church. While this evidence has been published previously, it has never before appeared in one complete English-language collection. With this book, church historians Kevin Madigan and Carolyn Osiek present fully translated literary, epigraphical, and canonical references to women in early church offices. Through these documents, Madigan and Osiek seek to understand who these women were and how they related to and were received by, the church through the sixth century. They chart women's participation in church office and their eventual exclusion from its leadership roles. The editors introduce each document with a detailed headnote that contextualizes the text and discusses specific issues of interpretation and meaning. They also provide bibliographical notes and cross-reference original texts. Madigan and Osiek assemble relevant material from both Western and Eastern Christendom.
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  • Authors

    Kevin Madigan +1

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Johns Hopkins University Press

  • Published

    March 2011

  • Weight

    355g

  • Page Count

    240

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9781421400372

  • ISBN-10

    1421400375

  • Eden Code

    4533966

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