The hidden history of women's ordination : female clergy in the medieval West

The hidden history of women's ordination : female clergy in the medieval West /

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"In the early centuries of Christianity, ordination was the process and the ceremony by which one moved to any new ministry (ordo) in the community. By this definition, women were in fact ordained into several ministries. A radical change in the definition of ordination during the eleventh and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Macy, Gary
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Geschichte 500-1500.
To 1500
Geschichte 500-1500
Ordination of women > Europe > History > To 1500.
Ordination > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Kerkelijke ambten.
Vrouwen.
Ordre (Sacrement) > Histoire des doctrines > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
RELIGION > Christian Church > Leadership.
RELIGION > Leadership.
Ordination of women.
Frau
Weihe
Präster > historia > Europa > medeltiden.
Kristendom.
Prästvigning > historia > Europa > medeltiden.
Kvinnliga präster > historia > Europa > medeltiden.
Europe.
Europa
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The state of the question
  • What did ordination mean?
  • The ministry of ordained women
  • Defining women out of ordination
  • Conclusion.

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