Sentences with phrase «woman deacons»
The phrase "woman deacons" refers to women who have been ordained as deacons, a religious role in some Christian denominations. It means that these women have been recognized by their church or religious community as having a formal position of leadership and service within the church. Full definition
Certainly Coll tries to demonstrate the relevance of these passages, but in a book that is over 400 pages long, and for those who are interested in the subject matter of the book, namely women deacons, this proves is a considerable distraction.
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Handmaids of the Lord: Women Deacons in the Catholic Church by Jane Coll, Gracewing, 422pp including appendices and index, # 20.00
During a later press conference, however, the pope said he was surprised and angered by media headlines announcing that he was «opening the door» to the ordination of women deacons.
(There is past precedent for women deacons.)
The decision to ordain women as ministers was made after years of study and discussion, and decades of experience with women deacons and elders.
I am a member at a Baptist church that has a female senior pastor and many women deacons, and yet I know there is still much work that needs to be done.
Phoebe now bears the title of «deacon» in Romans, while in 1 Timothy, in a passage dealing with qualifications for deacons, the translators changed the wording from «their wives are to be women worthy of respect» to «the women are to be worthy of respect,» implying that women deacons may be in view.
Also featuring: Catholic voting patterns and women deacons.