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100			_aMadigan, Kevin
100			_d(1960-...)
100			_eAuthor
245			_aOrdained Women in The Early Church
245			_bA Documentary History
245			_cKevin Madigan
260			_aUnited States of America
260			_bThe John Hopkins University Press
260			_c2005
300			_a220tr.
300			_bHardcover
300			_c24cm
520			_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.
650			_aWomen clergy -- History
650			_aWomen in Christianity -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600
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