02149nam a2200337 a 450000500170000000800200001702000150003704000060005204100100005808200180006808200120008610000190009810000150011710000110013224500390014324500260018224500180020826000290022626000380025526000090029330000110030230000140031330000090032752011980033665000280153465000650156285600830162791100170171099900150172795200690174220260119070256.02021-06-17 11:04:09  a0801879329  a1  a0 eng  a262.140820901  bK43-M18  aMadigan, Kevin  d(1960-...)  eAuthor  aOrdained Women in The Early Church  bA Documentary History  cKevin Madigan  aUnited States of America  bThe John Hopkins University Press  c2005  a220tr.  bHardcover  c24cm  aIn 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.  aWomen clergy -- History  aWomen in Christianity -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-6004 uhttps://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2021/12/10/340.jpgyCover Image  aAdmin System  c4823d4823  00104070aTVCDbTVCDd2026-01-20g0.00l0pTVCD-4823v0.00yBK