Pope Francis Quotes
John Paul II had the last clear word on this and it stands, this stands ...
Since Pope Francis was so modern in so many areas there were hopes among some Roman Catholic reformers that the Pope would change the age old, discriminatry prohibition against women being priests.
Pope Francis I Reaffirming the traditional Church position barrting female Priests 2016
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This quotation is an example of how even sophisticated institutions and leaders were plagued by various stereotypes. Dean Sperry as well as many other members of the clergy actually believed that women would not go to divinity school because they were interested in the theology but because they were looking to marry a minister. When the dean told the trustees that he had “no wisdom on this matter” is was one of the great understatements in the history of quotations. What is more ironic is that the Dean was considered very liberal having admitted Catholics, Nazarenes, and Adventists.
In one of the earliest claims that women should be allowed to preach, she made a theological argument and then challenged the male theologians to better her arguments. Although she was very demur, intellectually and theologically she “took it right at them.” Such intellectual aggression by women was virtually unheard of.
The speaking to which she was referring was Christian Religious preaching by women. At the time it was considered by most Christians to be sacrilegious for women to preach. This came down from the orthodox Jewish tradition, and there are several passages in the New Testament where the Apostles, who were Jews themselves were echoing the religious tradition. This then took on a meaning that went beyond tradition as in Judaism. Margaret Fox wrote this essay which was a completely theological defense of a woman’s right – indeed obligation—to preach. Theologically, there are many Christian churches for whom her argument would be too radical—even in modern times. However, in the middle of the 17th century to most male clerics, this was so unfathomable that they did not even deign to refute her theological arguments. Meanwhile, the Quakers began to accept women in theological positions of influence—for ahead of most other Christian and Jewish sects. See {619836} and {619837} for quotations from the essay itself.
She was also Australia’s First Woman Cabinet Minister.
She was also Australia’s First Woman Cabinet Minister.
Despite the many sexist aspects of Islam, Muhammed was in some respects amazingly modern. He outlawed female infanticide, then a commonly observed custom. He’s ordered the faithful not to favor male children over females, and Islamic law allowed women to inherit and control property long before Christian nations ever did.
See Belva Lockwood {609865} for the view of the woman who lobbied heavily for the law and became the first woman to practice before the Supreme Court.
Husayn Ali Nuri. The equality of women which he proclaimed was another threat to Islam of which Bahai was a reform offshoot. Even in modern times in Iran, many Bahai are hunted down and executed.
A Mormon Periodical. Over 5,000 women attended the meeting to protest against the condemnation of polygamy that was then ongoing throughout the country.
See {618590} for an example of the kinds of issues which motivated her statement.
Pope Francis is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. Francis is the first pope to be a member of the Society of Jesus, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since Gregory III, a Syrian who reigned in the 8th century.
