Women Deacons Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/women-deacons/ Vincent Ryan Ruggiero - Author of books and essays Mon, 04 Mar 2024 11:48:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://mind-at-work.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-open-book-32x32.png Women Deacons Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/women-deacons/ 32 32 The Issue of Women Deacons, Part 2 https://mind-at-work.com/the-issue-of-women-deacons-part-2/ Sat, 02 Mar 2024 14:27:46 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=5758 Part 1 of this essay explained the continuing controversy over whether the Catholic church should allow women to serve as deacons. Part 2 will consider how the centuries-old negative image of women has affected that controversy. As Semitic History scholar Caroline M. Breyfogle notes, at one time, "in harmony with the animistic conception of woman, [...]

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]]>  The Issue of Women Deacons https://mind-at-work.com/the-issue-of-women-deacons/ Sat, 24 Feb 2024 16:12:53 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=5721 The Catholic hierarchy's recent uproar over the idea of women deacons seems as intense as their uproar over blessing gay relationships has been. I find that puzzling. After all, there is nothing about women deacons that suggests sinfulness, whereas gay sexual behavior has long been considered a serious sin against nature. So why the equally [...]

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